As a xoder I want to run live sessions so that I can debug my program

[nkrkv]

Old good print to the stdout… can debug anything.

XOD IDE should give the ability to see debug output from a board like Arduino’s serial monitor does.

Acceptance criteria

• I can mark check box “Debug after upload” in the “Upload” popup
• Once debug started, a window with serial output log (Debugger) appears
• I see data in the log as it appears on serial port
• I can click “Stop” to disconnect
• The session automatically stops if I choose to deploy again while the debug session is running
• The session automatically stops if I change the project somehow, a message like “Debug session stopped” is shown
• The log gets cleared on debugger start
• The log is limited to 1000 most recent lines (to keep performance bounds)
• The View main menu contains “Toggle Debugger” item to show/hide the Debugger pane, i.e. it just controls visibility

Out of scope

• Bringing project to read-only mode
• Sticky scrolling of the log. Although if there is a suitable component that works out of the box, it would be nice

How to implement

• Remember port characteristics (name, VID, PID) when starting upload
• Right after successful upload open the serial port again for watching
• If the port with the name recorded has gone, use VID and PID to find it
• If the port still lost, try again 3 times with 250 ms delay