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Advantages over `--inspect`?

Open FezVrasta opened this issue 9 years ago • 3 comments

I can't see any information about the advantages of devtool compared to node --inspect.

FezVrasta avatar Oct 19 '16 14:10 FezVrasta

For me, the biggest advantage is the ability to refresh in the middle of your debugging session. I haven't found a way to do this with --inspect

nachocab avatar May 28 '17 16:05 nachocab

Same as @nachocab. That's what is refraining me from using --inspect. It is clearly annoying to open again and again the devtools by copying and pasting the url from the console.

jeandat avatar Jun 13 '17 14:06 jeandat

In May 2018, devtool still beats the built-in debugger for these reasons:

  • opens from command line
  • clicking file links in stack traces actually works
  • cmd+r restarts the process
  • codebase can be forked and extended

Am I missing anything?

aleclarson avatar May 24 '18 20:05 aleclarson