Node 6.3.0 onwards provides us with the --inspect flag, which we can use to debug the Node runtime with Google Chrome's Devtools.
Debugging legacy Node
This recipe can be followed with older versions of Node prior to Node 6.3.0 – it just requires a little more set up. To follow this recipe with a legacy version of Node, jump to Using node-inspector with older Node versions in the There's more... section of this recipe first.
This recipe can be followed with older versions of Node prior to Node 6.3.0 – it just requires a little more set up. To follow this recipe with a legacy version of Node, jump to Using node-inspector with older Node versions in the There's more... section of this recipe first.
In this recipe, we're going to diagnose and solve a problem in a simple Express application.