gulp-node-debug

I created a wrapper around node-inspector for gulp, it has the same functionality as the node-debug command. Node-debug for gulp is available on Github and NPM.

It’s perfect for development and easy to use.

1. Runs node-inspector.
2. Runs the supplied script in debug mode
3. Opens the user’s browser, pointing it at the inspector.

Installation

npm install gulp-node-debug --save-dev

Usage

This is the minimal setup. The file app.js will be debugged with default values.

// gulpfile.js
var gulp = require('gulp');
var nodeDebug = require('gulp-node-debug');
gulp.task('debug', function() {
 
    gulp.src(['app.js'])
        .pipe(nodeDebug());
});

Add debugBrk: true if your script finishes immediately:

// gulpfile.js
var gulp = require('gulp');
var nodeDebug = require('gulp-node-debug');
gulp.task('debug', function() {
 
    gulp.src(['app.js'])
        .pipe(nodeDebug({
            debugBrk: true
        }));
});

Enter gulp debug in your shell to start the node-inspector, run the supplied script and to open the debug URL in Chrome, Chromium or Opera.

Credits

This project was forked from gulp-node-inspector which wraps node-inspector (but does not start a debugged process). All real work was done by node-inspector.