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npm install v8tools
var v8tools = require('v8tools');
v8tools.afterGC(function(gcType, gcFlags, usedHeapSize) {})
- calls the callback after garbage collection cycle.
v8tools.startV8Profiler()
- starts V8 CPU profiler
v8tools.stopV8Profiler(function(parentNodeUid, nodeUid, totalSamplesCount, functionName, scriptResourceName, lineNumber) {})
- stops V8 CPU profiler. Callback function is called on every node while walking profile's top down call tree.
heapprof.takeHeapSnapshot(function(parentNodeUid, nodeUid, name, type, selfSize, retainerName, retainerType) {})
- takes heap snapshot. Callback function is called on every node of heap node graph.
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Copyright (c) 2012 Dmitri Melikyan
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V8 profiler and GC bindings
The npm package v8tools receives a total of 28 weekly downloads. As such, v8tools popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that v8tools 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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