Reviews & Comments of Node.js V8 --inspector Manager (NiM) chrome extension

Wow. The easiest way to get debugging started. I Love how the folder is already selected when the debugger automatically launches with the node app browser.

Very cool extension. Prefer it over paid solutions and suggest it to co-workers :) Thanks you, Folks!

Can't work without it. Amazing!

Hey there! Brand new user, but I just wanted to say thank you for this! I've been searching for months for a solution to my chrome debugger not working anymore and stumbled upon a github thread where someone posted this extension as a possible fix, and lo and behold it is! Again, thank you so much for putting this out here!

Is there any way i can debug network requests ??

a peice of art, that's it

Very usefull! Thanks for you great work!

Great job!

Very useful extension!

I keep getting notifications from this plugin even though I've opted out in the settings.

Good one but it makes me crazy when it duplicated that `Node.JS DevTools` Tab more than 40 times in minute... please do something in that :( and please can anyone explain why do it need `Viewing my Email Address` Permission ??? (i couldn't find any reason for that... on my opinion at least)

Such a useful extension which gets you rid of annoying routine actions each time you run a nodejs script.

I just got to say, such a simple add-on that is gonna resolve SOOO many headaches. Luckily for me I am at the beginning of the road in setting up a new scripting environment with ClearScript. My whole reasoning for using this engine was 1) we are .NET developers & 2) the support of Google's scripting engine, V8. When it comes to javascript and debugging, Google's dev tools are just unparalleled. Easy to use AND we don't have to use a custom debugging tool for that one off project. Naturally, as I am investigating this new tool, I came across the ability to attach CDT as a debugger, but the process to get it attached was slightly tedious. One of the first solutions I cam across was this chrome extension. Initially I ignored it, since it was clearly advertised for Node.js. However I wanted to see what kind of options could be specified, and man was it easy to configure it for my use case. The only "special" thing I really had to do was change the DevTools url/version in options to point to: "chrome-devtools://devtools/bundled/inspector.html". Afterwards, it worked flawlessly. A few things I would recommend to the extension developer: 1) I'd highly recommend stating somewhere clearly in the description for support of other such tools such as ClearScript, I almost skipped out on this gold mine 2) Potential support for specifying multiple host and port profiles with a naming scheme and active Boolean flag? 3) An option to auto-launch the debugger for an X amount of time from the point of enabling OR if now launch after X time then auto-disable untill manually re-enabled. This would be to prevent unintended attachments (scenario for multiple developers who work on the same set of remote servers) and just have a smooth debugging experience for the time allotted. Perhaps change the color of the logo in the quick launch bar to indicate that it is not actively monitoring. 4) Would it be possible for you to tell CDT to automatically pause execution upon load? If not, not a huge big deal as it seems most of these engines have flags for this type of scenario to make sure that you don't miss any script execution. Overall, fantastic job!

There is no defensible reason to have to provide an email address. node does not require an email address, chrome does not require an email address, clang does not require an email address.

Man, this tool is super useful, thanks!!

Thank you for this awesome extension. It helped me a lot.

Great! Easy and powerful debug

OMG. Where has this been my entire life. Literally closing the devtools tab over and over to watch it magically re-open. No more manually copying debug urls out of my docker logs!!!!

This is one of those things you wish you knew about 2 years ago, greatly recommended!

Works ok but I need to manually enter the server IP every time. If I set the IP to, for example, 1.1.1.1 and then click "launch dev tools" a new Tab will open but the ws= parameter will be set to the remote servers local network IP (ie, 192.168.1.1.) rather than the one I told NiM to use.

Love it but I cannot seem to turn off the make tab active option. Its off but still decides to set focus while Im using nodemon.

Even after specifying ip address and port where NodeJS app is hosted, this plugin is unable to inspect the app. Anything else I need to take care of?

Suddenly consumes 90% of my CPU on Mac. It's a great extension but I can't say if it's safe to use.

This will definitely save us time. Thank you!

This fixed a frustrating painpoint for my node dev workflow. So grateful.

Amazing.

LOVE this extension though I think it's life will be short lived. As of Chrome Version 60.0.3102.0-canary, you can visit chrome://inspect and click "Open dedicated DevTools for Node" and you'll get devtools, FULLY connected as a debugger (can profile startups, inspect objects, console works perfectly, etc..) that will reconnect to the same debugger port (no more copy/paste UID issues) AND can even have multiple "connections" (different debugger port presets so you can easily switch between multiple apps). Now if we can JUST get an extension that opens this thing directly (no more chrome://inspect), we're all set!

This is really helpful for me. I use it with nodemon. My only gripe with it and the reason why I give 4 stars instead of 5 is that the way dev tools gets invoked, it always steals focus. I have to disable this plugin when I don't need it or change my watch script to not at "--inspect". If the author can't change the way focus is stolen, they should add an quick on/off toggle to its icon. Definitely a very useful plugin and I recommend it highly to any other Node.js developers.

It's useful for our poor nodejs programmers.

Now that it's working as I think most of us wanted (automatic, restarts, etc), this is worth cash (seriously dev, where can I contribute?). MUST have for node developers!

Nice to have the auto-open feature.

Works really well, I have a bash script that runs "node --inspect --debug-brk bin/www.js", and the extension gets invoked everytime, and restarts the debugging session for me. Really nice, thanks!

Had some problems with it at first opening 2 windows and not breaking properly. But now it seems to be working perfectly and completely as expected. Don't forget to use --inspect-brk for people writing synchronous code.

So convenient! ?

Excellent! Thank you _very_ much!

Brilliant! Great job. Extremely useful.

yay it works! much happiness, many thanks

Great work! Works perfect. It's well designed and it has great support.

u already kno what it is, its ya boy desiigner hype man extraordinaire and this chrome extension works really good 10000/10

To be fair... I'm biased as I wrote it. But also being self critical and always open to constructive criticism, I feel alright with saying that I'm pleased with the result so far. It works as intended and solves the initial problem which it was intended to solve. So thumbs up to the developer. But please continue improving as is required. ;)

Really nifty little tool

Great extension. It does exactly what it claims and certainly did simplify my workflow. Adopting NIM, I've been able to return to my old tried and true workflow, while using the new integrated Node V8 Inspector. Thanks.

Very nice! I hate cutting/pasting URLs over and over and this seems to solve this entirely. Thank you for doing it.