FamousWhy Editor:
Just like its name clearly states, Charles Web Debugging Proxy is a web proxy (also HTTP Monitor and HTTP Proxy) that runs on your personal computer.

Upon installation, Charles Web Debugging Proxy can "force" your internet browser (or any other application that requires internet access, an online game for example or an antivirus software that is looking for updates) is then configured to access the internet through Charles Web Debugging Proxy. The useful fact is that Charles Web Debugging Proxy can record and display all the data that is sent and received using an internet connection.

Usually, in web development, it is impossible to see what was sent and received between your web browser, client and the server. When you are unable to determine what was sent and received via internet browser, you are unable to identify where the problems are. Charles Web Debugging Proxy makes it easy to see what is happening, so you can quickly diagnose and fix problems.

Charles Web Debugging Proxy incorporates several useful and interesting features and options. Let's have a short look over some of the most important ones:

- SSL proxy: It allows you to view SSL requests and responses in plain text
- Validate recorded HTML, CSS and RSS/atom responses using the W3C validation
- AJAX debugging – view XML and JSON requests and responses as a tree or as text
- Bandwidth throttling to simulate slower Internet connections including latency
- Repeat requests to test back-end changes
- Breakpoints to intercept and edit requests or responses
- AMF – view the contents of Flash Remote / Flex Remote messages as a tree
- Edit requests to test different inputs

Why is Charles Web Debugging Proxy famous?

Charles Web Debugging Proxy is famous because it is a web proxy (also HTTP Monitor and HTTP Proxy) that runs on your personal computer.

Publisher: Karl van Randow

Tags: HTTP proxy, HTTP monitor,