This module is an implementation of Chrome developer tools protocol. It is still pretty much a work in progress and only the heap and CPU profilers are working right now. Debugger, console and networking will be added soon.
##Features This module allows you to debug and profile remotely your nodejs applications leveraging the following features by re-using the built-in devtools front-end that comes with any webkit-based browser such as Chrome and Safari.
- Remote heap and CPU profiling
- More are coming.
##Installation
npm install webkit-devtools-agent
##Example
var agent = require('webkit-devtools-agent');
var http = require('http');
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
res.end('Hello World\n');
}).listen(8080, '127.0.0.1');
console.log('[%s] Server running at http://127.0.0.1:8080/', process.pid);##Connecting to the agent
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Activate the agent, in your nodejs application, by sending a SIGUSR2 signal to its process id. To de-activate, send the signal once again. Example:
kill -SIGUSR2 <the process id of your nodejs app> -
Using your browser, go to devtools frontend URL corresponding to your nodejs version
http://c4milo.github.com/node-webkit-agent/19.0.1084.46/inspector.html?host=localhost:1337&page=0
http://c4milo.github.com/node-webkit-agent/21.0.1180.57/inspector.html?host=localhost:1337&page=0
It's important to make sure your browser supports websockets, otherwise the front-end won't be able to connect to the node agent whatsoever.
You can also change the agent port and host where it listen to by setting up the DEBUG_PORT and DEBUG_HOST environment variables.
For more documentation about how to use and interpret devtools, please go to the Devtools official documentation
ABI compatibility is breaking between nodejs v0.6.x and v0.8.x, therefore if you switch nodejs versions you would have to re-install webkit-devtools-agent again. See issue #11.
##Screenshots
Happy Debugging!
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