So you want to try N|Solid? Here's a simple playlist:

nsolid.md

Trying N|Solid

1. Download the N|Solid Runtime https://downloads.nodesource.com/
2. tar -xf nsolid-v1.0...
3. cd nsolid-v1.0...
4. ./nsolid /path/to/your/app.js

Now let's get tricky

1. NSOLID_SOCKET=8000 ./nsolid /path/to/your/app.js
2. nsolid-cli --socket 8000 ping
3. nsolid-cli --socket 8000 info
4. nsolid-cli --socket 8000 system_info
5. nsolid-cli --socket 8000 process_stats
6. nsolid-cli --socket 8000 system_stats
7. nsolid-cli --socket 8000 async_activity
8. nsolid-cli --socket 8000 startup_times
9. nsolid-cli --socket 8000 snapshot > app.heapsnapshot
10. nsolid-cli --socket 8000 profile_start
11. (wait a bit, also helps if your app is doing something)
12. nsolid-cli --socket 8000 profile_stop > app.cpuprofile
13. load app.heapsnapshot and app.cpuprofile in Chrome Devtools and explore

If you want to play with the N|Solid Console (the fancy browser UI)

1. Download the nsolid runtime if you haven't already
2. Download etcd https://github.com/coreos/etcd/releases
3. Download the nsolid proxy
4. Download the nsolid console
5. extract them all
6. start etcd like so (just for testing) etcd -data-dir machine0 -name machine0
7. start the proxy npm start (from the nsolid-proxy-v... folder)
8. start the console npm start (from the nsolid-console-v... folder)
9. start your app NSOLID_HUB=localhost:4001 NSOLID_APPNAME=myapp ./nsolid /path/to/your/app.js
10. go to http://localhost:3000 and look around!