Charles – Web Debugging Proxy

http://www.xk72.com/charles/

For the server geeks out there, here’s a nifty little app that my buddies at The Learning Edge turned me on to. It’s a Java-based tool that lets you watch all of your HTTP session traffic in real time. The really nice piece is how it handles XML as it enables you to see the XML flowing between the client and server. It also does bandwidth simulations – while this is probably pretty out of fashion these days, we should remember that broadband adoption in the US is just over 50% and that connectivity in places with many remote communities (like Canada ) can still be challenging. – SWL