Perform a find directly in the object browser without having to execute your own code
Frequently, I run into problems where my find()/find_child()/find_child_ex()/etc.. calls are finding the wrong objects (sometimes its hard to find uniqueness within the objects you have at your dispo...
Heck, even just having it in the code editor. Where you write the script and could right click and select, test or something and highlight what it finds on screen.