The tutorial provides the details on the node.js debugger module. The node,js debugger module provides the debugging utilies using in-built debugging client and V8 inspector ( https://nodejs.org/api/debugger.html #debugger_v8_inspector_integration_for_node_js ) .

Node.js debugger syntax

The usage of debugging in the node.js can be done by starting the node.js with the inspect argument , provided with the script path for which debugging is to be enabled.

Syntax:

node debug [script.js | -e “script” | <host>:<port>]  

Example : node debug crypto-cipher.js

Node.js Debugger – Points to consider

• The inclusion of the statement debugger in the script code enables the breakpoint at that line code.
• The REPL Commands allows the code to be evaluated remotely.
• The next command enables debugger to step to the next line for debugging
• Help Commands provides the list of available commands for Debugger
• Pressing ENTER only without comamds , executes the previous debugger command
• Node.js debugger allows to watch/ display the values for expressions and variables. The command watch(‘expression_to_watch’) to be typed. To remove the watcher , type the command unwatch(‘expression_to_watch’)
• The command cont, c allows the continue execution of debugging the code
• The command step, s allows the step-into the debugging
• The command out, 0 allows the step-out of the debugging
• The command pause stops the debugging
• The command run allows to run the script
• The command restart allows to restart the script
• The command kill allows to kill the script