How do I debug Node.js applications?

Question

How do I debug a Node.js server application?

Right now I\'m mostly using alert debugging with print statements like this:

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Answer 1

Visual Studio Code will work for us in debugging.

Answer 2

If you need a powerful logging library for Node.js, Tracer https://github.com/baryon/tracer is a better choice.

It outputs log messages with a timestamp, file name, method name, line number, path or call stack, support color console, and support database, file, stream transport easily. I am the author.

Answer 3

Node.js version 0.3.4+ has built-in debugging support.

node debug script.js

Manual: http://nodejs.org/api/debugger.html

Answer 4

There is the new open-source Nodeclipse project (as a Eclipse plugin or Enide Studio):

Nodeclipse became #1 in Eclipse Top 10 NEW Plugins for 2013. It uses a modified V8 debugger (from Google Chrome Developer Tools for Java).

Nodeclipse is free open-source software released at the start of every month.

Answer 5

Use this commands

DEBUG_LEVEL=all node file.js
DEBUG=* node file.js
node file.js --inspect

Answer 6

Node has its own built in GUI debugger as of version 6.3 (using Chrome's DevTools)

Simply pass the inspector flag and you'll be provided with a URL to the inspector:

node --inspect server.js

You can also break on the first line by passing --inspect-brk instead.