debugger

Overview

Easily Debug Node and Electron renderer process scripts.

Usage

1. Install debugger

   npm install -g debugger
   

2. To debug a script or electron renderer web page

   debugger script.js
   

   or

   debugger index.html
   

3. Press Command + R (OSX) or Control + R (Windows/Linux) to reload the script.

Contributing

1. To make your global debugger command point to your local code. Run the following from the debugger source root folder:

    npm link .
   

Credits

• Special thanks to Camilo Aguilar (c4milo/@c4milo) for releasing the debugger module name for this project's usage
• electron for making desktop apps so easy to make
• electron-prebuilt for making electron even easier to use in projects

Todos

• Switch to using commander to get better command line instructions.
• Add support for a switch to show the browserwindow for people who want to test code that requires a DOM and browser APIs.
• Add support for -v to output the electron, v8, and node versions as well.
• Add support for watching for changes to the script and auto reloading