IE Troubleshooting Using Parallels on Mac
Posted On: June 11, 2010 at 10:55 p.m.
First you’ll need a virtual machine running Windows or all of this is useless. If you don’t already have something like Parallels I would recommend virtualbox and thats what I’ll be switching to as soon as I get around to upgrading to Snow Leopard (next century) so I don’t have to pay for a Parallels upgrade.
If you’re using Parallels this is how I set it up so I can view the site I am using Local_Dev on. Ever since getting more into Django I’ve become a huge fan of developing locally but more on that later.
First start the development server on this IP address like so:
python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
Now (in OSX) go to System Preferences > Network > Advanced > TCP/IP and grab the ipV4 address
In Parallels open that crappy IE window and connect to the ipV4_address:8000 and you should see your local development site.
But how to debug all those crappy IE versions? Well I use a multiple IE install of IE8 and IE6 on XP. IE8 comes with developer tools included that allow you change the document rendering mode on the fly (Quirks, IE7, IE8) as well as the browser mode (IE7, IE8). Then I just fire up IE6 if I have too, but, really, why???
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