System and method for debugging applications on a developer workstation

1. A system for debugging web applications, the system comprising:

a web infrastructure connected to a network, the web infrastructure comprising at least one web server, the web infrastructure further configured to serve requests for a plurality of web applications therein, via the at least one web server;

the web infrastructure further comprising a multiplexer, the multiplexer configured to redirect in real time, debugging requests for at least one of the plurality of web applications, wherein the multiplexer redirects debugging requests to different destinations depending on the source of the request, the content of the request, or the destination; and,

a workstation remote from the web infrastructure and connected to the web infrastructure via the network, the workstation configured to receive debugging requests in real time, and comprising a debug environment configured to execute at least one development web application.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the debug environment is connected to the multiplexer via the network.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the web infrastructure further comprises at least one database.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the debug environment is connected to the at least one database via the network.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the debug environment is functionally comparable to the web infrastructure.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the debug environment comprises an integrated development environment.

7. A method for operating a system for debugging web applications, the system comprising a web infrastructure and a workstation connected to one another, the web infrastructure comprising, a web server, a multiplexer, and a database, and the workstation comprising a debug environment, the method comprising:

a. configuring the multiplexer to redirect to the debug environment, any debugging request, the debugging request comprising a web application request for at least one application of a plurality of applications on the web infrastructure;

b. initiating at the workstation, a workstation application request;

c. routing by the network, the workstation application request to the web infrastructure;

d. receiving at the multiplexer, the workstation application request;

e. redirecting at the multiplexer, the workstation application request, if it is determined the workstation application request comprises a debugging request, wherein the multiplexer redirects debugging requests to different destinations depending on the source of the request, the content of the request, or the destination; and,

f. routing by the network, the workstation application request to the debug environment.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising the step of executing at the debug environment, at least one development web application.

9. The method of claim 7 further comprising the step of debugging at debug environment, the at least one development web application.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein step (d) further comprises receiving at the multiplexer, a plurality of requests for the at least one application of the plurality of applications on the web infrastructure.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising the step of directing each of the plurality of requests for the at least one application, to the web server, if it is determined each of the plurality of requests for the at least one application does not comprise a debugging request.

12. The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of promoting the at least one development web application to the web infrastructure to replace the at least one application of the plurality of applications on the web infrastructure.