How To: debug Scala code when outside of an IDE

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BefittingTheorem picture BefittingTheorem · Feb 16, 2010 · Viewed 12.2k times · Source

I'm experimenting with using jEdit as my main editor for writing Scala code.

Along side jEdit I'm using Apache Buildr and DTerm. This all works well, except I'm really not sure how I would go about debugging Scala application outside of a large IDE?

Are there recommended practices/tools for debugging outside of an IDE?

Answer

retronym picture retronym · Feb 16, 2010

Rather than using a debugger, you could run the interpreter (aka REPL) from a point in your application. You can find detailed instructions here

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