Debug node child_process fork

gistfile1.txt

// Debug me with a tool like webstorm nad the child process will step in with your breakpoints :)

const fork = require('child-process-promise').fork
const debug = typeof v8debug === 'object'

export async function forkBin (args, debugPort) {
  debugPort = debugPort || 40894
  let execArgv = debug ? ['--debug-brk', `--debug=${debugPort}`] : []

  const forkPromise = fork(binPath, args, {
    execArgv
  })

  var childProcess = forkPromise.childProcess

  childProcess.on('close', () => {
    childProcess.kill()
  })

  childProcess.on('exit', () => {
    childProcess.kill()
  })

  childProcess.on('message', function (m) {
    console.log('PARENT got message:', m)
  })

  childProcess.on('data', function (m) {
    console.log('PARENT got data:', m)
  })

  return forkPromise
}