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I am trying to use the node debugger. I am running node debug server to run my server. Then I have:
... var Workspace = mongoose.model('Workspace'); debugger; At this point, as expected, when I run this code the debugger pops up. However, I would expect it to have all of the current variables set, like it happens in Chrome's own debugger.
But:
break in hotplate/node_modules/bd/lib/bd.js:133 132 133 debugger; 134 135 // Delete the ID and the version since there's no point, debug> Workspace ReferenceError: Workspace is not defined So... how do I actually inspect the current variables?
Bonus question: is there ANY way to use Chrome's developers tools (CTRL-J) so that it connects to the node and works that way? (I am aware of node-inspector, but it's very outdated and...)
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The port 9229 is the default debug port of the --inspect and --inspect-brk options. To use a different port (for example 12345 ), add it to the options like this: --inspect=12345 and --inspect-brk=12345 and change the port attribute in the launch configuration to match.
Built-in Debugger Start node debug script_name. js to start your script under the builtin command-line debugger. Your script starts in another Node. js process started with the --debug-brk option, and the initial Node.
Use repl command ( see third example in docs )
break in hotplate/node_modules/bd/lib/bd.js:133 132 133 debugger; 134 135 // Delete the ID and the version since there's no point, debug> repl Press Ctrl + C to leave debug repl > Workspace Update: bonus question - https://github.com/c4milo/node-webkit-agent
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The answer to the bonus question has changed in 2018.
Run node inspect foo.js.
Visit chrome://inspect and in the list of devices you should see an entry that says Target (<process.version>) with an accompanying inspect link.
It looks like this: 
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