Patent ID: 7873872
Filing Date: 2011-01-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of debugging an application program from a workstation, wherein the application program and a debugger program reside on a server that is remote from the workstation, the method comprising: executing a web browser at the workstation; invoking the application program and the debugger program using a user interface provided by the web browser and via a network interface to cause the server to execute the application program and the debugger program; receiving a first web page from the server for displaying a user frame in the web browser at the workstation; displaying the user frame of the first web page in the web browser at the workstation, wherein the user frame includes information generated by the application program; displaying a debug view option in the web browser at the workstation for generating a second web page having a debug frame of the application program; receiving the second web page from the server for displaying the debug frame in the web browser at the workstation when the debug view option is selected; and displaying the debug frame of the second web page in the web browser at the workstation, wherein the debug frame includes information about one or more components of the application program.