How to use node-inspector with `npm start` for my application?

javascript node.js mongoose mean-stack node-inspector
Melissa picture Melissa · Oct 12, 2015 · Viewed 9.1k times · Source

I am using npm start to start my MEAN stack application, but I would like to use the node-inspector to debug some Mongoose. I know I can start the node inspector with node-inspector, but what can I substitute node --debug app.js with to make npm start work in my case?

This is my MEAN stack directory structure:

HTML        views/
Angular.js  public/javascript/
Express.js  routes/
Node.js     app.js
Mongoose js models/, connected in app.js
Mongo db    connected in app.js

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Answer

joews picture joews · Oct 12, 2015

You may want to add a seperate debug script to package.json. That way you won't have to remember to revert npm start when you're finished debugging. 

"scripts": {
    "start": "node ./bin/www",
    "debug": "node --debug ./bin/www"
}

Start with npm run:

$ npm run debug

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