Google Chrome extension

The Chrome extension is no longer being developed

The information on this page only applies to v0.0.1

node-inspector can be used as a chrome extension

Setup

1. install Google Chrome version 6.0.466.0 or later
2. start Chrome with the --enable-experimental-extension-apis flag
3. from the extensions page
   1. enable developer mode
   2. click “load unpacked extension…”
   3. open the folder node-inspector/front-end

You should now see a yellow triangle icon for nodeJS Inspector by the address bar

Extra Features

• right-click context menu items
  • edit breakpoint… (conditional breakpoint)
  • continue to line

Limitations

Currently the extension can only be used to connect to the inspector.js process running on the localhost:8080

Troubleshooting

If you see:

• Could not load extension from ‘node-inspector/front-end’. Invalid value for ‘permissions[ 0 ]’
• Delete the line containing "experimental" from your front-end/manifest.json file