View exceptions in Kotlin Compose for web

Question

I'm playing with jetpack compose for web to see if I suits my needs.

The development is great, however, when an error (exception) occurs the logs are displayed in the browser in an not developer-friendly way. I attach screenshot:

Is there a way to see the exepctions in Intellij or at least in a way that I can read them?

Thanks,

Answer 1

1. For a Kotlin/Wasm target, forwarding logs back to the IDE doesn't seem to be possible yet. Kotlin/Wasm is still in Alpha, and some features are limited. I'll quote the Official Kotlin Documentation: "Currently, debugging is only available in your browser. In the future, you will be able to debug your code in IntelliJ IDEA."

2. I'm less familiar with Kotlin/JS targets, but the documentation mentions testing tools that log to the console. Using a similar approach might be possible.

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As far as debugging in the browser goes, some guidelines on the first link above might help set up a relatively better debugging experience. You can also expand the object on your screenshot by clicking the arrow on the left side, which will display fields in a better format, but that only helps so much.