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debugging node in devtools with live reloading
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Prerequisites: Node.js 6.3+, Chrome 55+, nodeamon

  • turn on chrome://flags/#enable-devtools-experiments & relaunch Chrome
  • open devtools settings > experiments, press shift 6 times (lol, for real) and check node debugging box
  • open & close devtools
  • nodemon --watch . --inspect app.js
  • connect to node in devtools (Sources > Threads (on the right) > Connect next to node)

Debugging tests: mocha --debug-brk --inspect --grep 'something' path/to/test.js

Or install node inspector manager and use with:

nodemon --watch . --inspect app.js
# or
mocha --debug-brk --inspect path/to/test/js
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