This list is not comprehensive and I'd love to add more points, but it's just a look at how dev tools evolve, reinvent old ideas, and build on the shoulders of giants.
- 1995: Netscape Navigator vs. Internet Explorer 1.0 kicks off the first browser war.
- 1995: JavaScript (LiveScript) debuts in Netscape 2.0. Everyone laughs at it, then it takes over.
- 1996: CSS1 is introduced, but we still style with
<font>
tags and<table>
layouts. - 1997: View Source is our only debugging tool. Firebug and DevTools don't exist yet.