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A tiny JavaScript library to add some sweetness to Node's core inspector module. Adds some key missing features:
$ npm install fiveo
fiveo simply needs to be required in your code.
Example:
require('fiveo');
// The rest of your code...
When running through Node.js, you can set a few environment variables that will change the behavior of the debug logging:
| Name | Syntax | Purpose | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
INSPECT | [hostname:port] | Declares which host:port you want the inspector to listen on. | 9230 or localhost:9230 |
Note: The default value for INSPECT is localhost:9229.
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Node Inspector API Sugar
We found that fiveo demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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