How do you add breakpoints to debug your tests?

[Matthias Luebken]

Hi

I know this isn't pure TDD/BDD. But from time to time I have to run my
dom
tests through a debugger. I've written my tests with the jspec grammer
and
when I open Safaris Webinspector or Firebug, it is impossible to find
the
right test. When I try to locate the script in Safari I only see bunch
of
(program) entries and in Firefox I see a bunch of eval statements.

So how do you add breakpoints to debug your tests?

Thanks
Matthias

BTW: I am using TextMate on the Mac.

[Randy Harmon]

Normally I type 'debugger' into tests, but the way Jspec uses eval, those don't get honored.  Consequently, I will sometimes put the debugger statement into the relevant portion of the application code that the test is triggering.  Sometimes that requires setting a 'debug' variable somewhere and saying if(debug) debugger.

When firebug is open, the debugger statement outside a test does work.

It would be nice if jspec did its thing in a way such that eval() in a test would be honored.

Randy

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[vision media [ Tj Holowaychuk ]]

I have never needed to use the debugger when running my specs...

so I dont have a good answer for this sorry guys

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