Pausing test to debug nightwatch via command line

[Aaron Briel]

I am new to nightwatch and node.js, and I was curious what approach people take with respect to debugging.  Specifically, I would like to be able to pause a test at specific points and then be able to execute commands via the command line to test variable values or page-object function calls with the browser open.  Thanks! 

[Dave Cadwallader]

I usually just insert a pause()  (with no args) which pauses the browser indefinitely.  Then you can open up the browser console and do what you want.

[Andrei Rusu]

You can also have a look at this guide for debugging from WebStorm IDE:
https://github.com/beatfactor/nightwatch/wiki/Debugging-Nightwatch-tests-in-WebStorm.

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[Aaron Briel]

I have indeed configured my WS instance in that manner. I suppose I just need to tinker more with how to actually execute existing functions in the debug window.  It's a bit different than python, which simply requires a pdb.trace(), allowing one to execute any method available at the trace point..  Thanks though!!

[Yegor Ius]

I am only able to run NW tests via the approach described in the wiki. Execution does not stop at breakpoints...

[Vincent Jo]

Same here. It doesn't stop on breakpoints, but it just runs them. 

[Rahul Kavalapara]

I personally don't use Web storm. I use both VS Code & Visual studio. I can hit breakpoints with no issues. I also get Intellisense support. :) 

[Kuba Mucha]

That's true and this helps:

https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/2167

[Sandeep Thukral]

Rahul,

How can I get intellisense in VS Code for nightwatchJS?

[sreenivas parimi]

how to hit breakpoints in vscode

[Paras Mathur]

So far I have used pause(500000) to halt the script and look for the root cause of trouble

On 28 June 2018 at 00:05, sreenivas parimi <sreeniva...@gmail.com> wrote:

how to hit breakpoints in vscode

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[raj shd]

you need to add this to .vscode/launch.json

{

// Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.

// Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.

// For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387

"version": "0.2.0",

"configurations": [

{

"type": "node",

"request": "launch",

"name": "NightWatch",

"program": "${workspaceRoot}/node_modules/nightwatch/bin/runner.js",

"args": [

"--env",

"chrome",

"Tests/playground.js"

]

}

]

}

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