How do I debug my JavaScript that is being executed by Chutzpah/PhantomJS

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Greg picture Greg · Sep 24, 2012 · Viewed 7.7k times · Source

I am using Chutzpah to execute my JavaScript unit tests.

I reference paths to my source files and below have a series of tests. Text Explorer in Visual Studio lists my tests and I can execute them directly from the IDE, so everything seems to be working correctly.

However I would like to step into the source code that is being executed when my tests are run.

Is this possible?

Answer

Matthew Manela picture Matthew Manela · Sep 25, 2012

Update: Version 4.1.0 of Chutzpah adds integrated VS debugging.

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This is not currently possible using Chutzpah. The best you can do is to install the context menu extension which will add a "Open In Browser" right click option. Then you can use the browser's built in debugging tool to step through the code.

I would love to add an integrated way to plug into the VS debugging system but have not figured out how to do that yet.

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