Finding memory leaks in JavaScript using firebug?

Question

Are there any add-ons for Firefox that I can use to find out with part of the JavaScript causes memory leaks?

Answer 1

Use Drip.exe / IEleak, I used it a lot to search for memory leaks!

Other hits:

• jQuery itself prevents a lot of memory leaks!
• Test your code with http://jslint.com
• There is a tool by Microsoft itself, but I don't know it is up to date: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/askie/archive/2008/12/31/javascript-memory-leak-detector-for-internet-explorer.aspx
• There is also integration with Visual Studio: http://berniesumption.com/software/how-to-debug-javascript-in-internet-explorer/
• There is a good article about mem leaks http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/web/library/wa-memleak/
• http://www.debugbar.com/?langage=en