Debugging Javascript on iPad

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Jeff Fol picture Jeff Fol · Sep 16, 2011 · Viewed 55.8k times · Source

I was wondering if there are any useful tools people have found to debug javascript on an iPad which is not jail broken. It is an iPad supplied for work so jail breaking is not an option. Through some tedious steps I have gotten firebug-lite working on the iPad but my debugger statements in the javascript are not being hit. There is also no capability that I am seeing to set breakpoints as you can traditionally with Firebug.

I also have Safari's debug console open but that is fairly useless for what I am trying to accomplish.

Thanks for any ideas.

Answer

Mohsen picture Mohsen · Sep 17, 2011

Did you look at webkit remote debugging protocol? It seems they know people want a debugger for their iPad but still no real world native iPad remote debugger is available out there.

But don't get disappointed, there is a tool called weinre that doing what webkit folks willing to do in the future right now!

Update:

By release of Google Chrome for Android phones remote debugging and tablets debugging mobile web apps is no pain anymore. You will need an expensive Google Galaxy Nexus phone with ICS on it to do it. But future is bright! Check out the video demo here:

weinre is Web Inspector Remote. Pronounced like the word "winery". Or maybe like the word "weiner". Who knows, really.

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