I have split off lib/_debugger.js from nodejs, and made that a separate npm package. This package is called trepanjs <https://www.npmjs.com/package/marked-terminal>as it is similar to my other "trepanning" debuggers for python <https://pypi.python.org/pypi?name=trepan&:action=display>, ruby <https://rubygems.org/gems/trepanning>, or perl <https://metacpan.org/pod/Devel::Trepan>which are all gdb in spirit.
Why do this crazy thing? 1. As a separate npm package, the lifecycles of the debugger and nodejs release are decoupled. Especially in the beginning, there will be more frequent releases of the debugger. 2. I can have dependencies on other npm packages. Right now, I have just nopt <http://nopt.> for options processing, but I am contemplating though marked-terminal <https://www.npmjs.com/package/marked-terminal> to provide better source-code terminal highlighting. 3. I can provide the latest level of debugger support with older version of node. In a way this is another restatement of item 1. The focus here is that you can get newer debugger features even on your older nodejs installation. (When I was developing this, the current debugger code wouldn't work on my installed version of node. So I had to add a 'util' compatibility module for util) 4. It gives the code space to grow. In node, the debugger is one 1700-line file. In my project, each debugger command is its own file each under 100 lines. After splitting out each command file, one of the first things I did was add more extensive on-line help. And of course... 5. the gdb command set is more familiar, so proficiency you might have in gdb can be transfered here and vice versa. -- Job board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ New group rules: https://gist.github.com/othiym23/9886289#file-moderation-policy-md Old group rules: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/21a3655e-16c5-418d-bfba-f7fd6f71c1b4%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
