Is it possible to set breakpoints in razor views with servicestack?

Question

I am trying out the new razor view stuff in service stack, and I have this view:

@inherits ServiceStack.Razor.ViewPage<ServiceStackRazorCrud.Api.UserPageResourceResponse>
@{
    var m = Model;  // <-- I have a breakpoint in this line.
    var req = Request; 
    var res = Response;
}

When I set a breakpoints and run the application (console application) I can see that the view is compiled but the debugger does not break when I request the view in the browser. I assume that this is because the views are compiled dynamically at application start or something like that. Is it possible somehow to get the breakpoints to work?

Answer 1

AFAIK it's not possible to debug views this way (currently using 3.9.43, later version I believe has better diagnostics for compilation errors).

Try and keep view code simple, restricted to simple loops/rendering and using extension methods on DTO's for any complex logic/processing, which do allow debugging. You might also consider utilizing logging, or a simple Debug extension method:

using ServiceStack.Html;
public static class HtmlHelperExtensions
{
    public static bool IsDebug(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper)
    {
    #if DEBUG
        return true;
    #else
        return false;
    #endif
    }
}

@using ServiceStack.Text
@inherits ServiceStack.Razor.ViewPage<ServiceStackRazorCrud.Api.UserPageResourceResponse>
@{
    var m = Model;  
}

@if (this.Html.IsDebug())
{
    <div class="debug">@(this.Model == null ? "m == null" : Model.Dump())</div>
}