How to turn off caching on Firefox?

Question

During development I have to \"clear cache\" in Firefox all the time in order to make it use the latest version of JavaScript files.

Is there some kind of setting (a

Answer 1

Best strategy is to design your site to build a unique URL to your JS files, that gets reset every time there is a change. That way it caches when there has been no change, but imediately reloads when any change occurs.

You'd need to adjust for your specific environment tools, but if you are using PHP/Apache, here's a great solution for both you, and the end-users.

http://verens.com/archives/2008/04/09/javascript-cache-problem-solved/