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Stats Node.js V8 Inspector Node.js V8 Inspector Node Debugger Node Debugger
User count 2,000+ 1,000+
Average rating 3.78 5.00
Rating count 18 3
Last updated 2017-02-07 2016-10-28
Size 40.55K 2.31M
Version 0.12.0 0.6.0
Short description
Extension for launching V8 Inspector for Node.js debugging Debug Node in Chrome devtools
Full summary

Node.js V8 Inspector is a Chrome extension for attaching DevTools to running Node.js applications (requires Node v6.3.0). After installing this extension, debug your application using the following steps:

  1. Run a Node.js application with the --inspect command line flag.
  2. Open the node-v8-inspector extension in Chrome.
  3. Verify that host and port match your application's host and debug port. The default value is 9229, the same default used by Node.js. The host defaults to localhost.
  4. Press Launch V8 Inspector button.
  5. Debug your application.
  6. Profit (optional).

Source code at https://github.com/continuationlabs/node-v8-inspector

Connect to v8 inspector debugging instances! This extension allows you to save configured debugging sessions and will automatically check them for availability on startup.

To quickly get started you can do the following:

  • Start a node 6.3+ process with the --inspect flag set (this will start a debugging session at localhost:9229)
  • Click on the extension icon in Chrome and see that the Default session is available.
  • Click on the Default session and a new Chrome window will load with the devtools connected to node.
  • Carry on making great apps!

Roadmap ahead:

  • Attempt to detect when the debugger goes offline (this happens frequently in development with Nodemon) and attempt to reconnect automatically