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The first thing to know about MediaWiki and JavaScript is that the site administrator can customize the wiki installation by simply modifying the article MediaWiki:Common.js

For instance, if you put the JavaScript code for wikEd in there, it will make the WikEd editor available to all users of the local wiki.

Debugging JavaScript[edit]

Access the developer tools of your browser
- Chrome CTRL + SHIFT + J
- Firefox CTRL + SHIFT + I
Go to the console tab (look for errors)
append ?debug=true to the URL and reload the page. This will give you non-minified JavaScript.

JavaScript Unit Testing[edit]

MediaWiki uses the QUnit test framework for JavaScript Unit testing.

Set $wgEnableJavaScriptTest to true and visit Special:JavaScriptTest to see the test output.

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