Theming Views, getting a list of object I have access of
The 3 tools that I find vital to this is:


Click "Theme: Information" in the view page itself. This will give you a list of template files being used for the view and suggestions of template files you can use to override them by placing them in your theme folder (or a template subfolder of your theme depending on how you have set up in your .info file).
Devel module - this will allow you to inspect just about any aspect of your site and all the variables, fields etc available to you in a particular node/view.
Drupalforfirebug module and accompanying firefox/chrome plugin. Although I find it somewhat buggy in certain areas of drupal, it is great for inspecting all aspects of drupal (especially views).