How to debug JavaScript code with mobile browsers

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chnxster picture chnxster · May 10, 2011 · Viewed 32.7k times · Source

I know about firebug and the developer tools for the major modern desktop browsers, but I can't find any way of debugging JavaScript code on mobile browsers.

What are some high level techniques I can use to debug code on mobile browsers?

Answer

Hermann Schwarz picture Hermann Schwarz · Jul 9, 2017

Android provides a tool set for these purposes: https://developers.google.com/web/tools/chrome-devtools/remote-debugging/?utm_source=dcc&utm_medium=redirect&utm_campaign=2016q3

Apple does it a similar way: https://developer.apple.com/safari/tools/

Tutorial: https://css-tricks.com/using-chrome-devtools-to-debug-javascript-in-any-browser-with-ghostlab-2/

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