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Node Cookbook - Fourth Edition

By : Bethany Griggs
4 (1)
Book Image

Node Cookbook - Fourth Edition

4 (1)
By: Bethany Griggs

Overview of this book

A key technology for building web applications and tooling, Node.js brings JavaScript to the server enabling full-stack development in a common language. This fourth edition of the Node Cookbook is updated with the latest Node.js features and the evolution of the Node.js framework ecosystems. This practical guide will help you to get started with creating, debugging, and deploying your Node.js applications and cover solutions to common problems, along with tips to avoid pitfalls. You'll become familiar with the Node.js development model by learning how to handle files and build simple web applications and then explore established and emerging Node.js web frameworks such as Express.js and Fastify. As you advance, you'll discover techniques for detecting problems in your applications, handling security concerns, and deploying your applications to the cloud. This recipe-based guide will help you to easily navigate through various core topics of server-side web application development with Node.js. By the end of this Node book, you'll be well-versed with core Node.js concepts and have gained the knowledge to start building performant and scalable Node.js applications.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Diagnosing issues with Chrome DevTools

Node.js exposes a debugging utility via the --inspect process flag, which enables us to debug and profile our Node.js processes using the Chrome DevTools interface. The integration is enabled via the Chrome DevTools Protocol. The existence of this protocol means that tools can be written to integrate with Chrome DevTools.

Important Note

node --debug and node --debug-brk are legacy Node.js process flags that have been deprecated since Node.js v6.3.0. node --inspect and node --inspect-brk are the modern equivalents that should be used in place of these legacy flags.

In the recipe, we will learn how to use Chrome DevTools to diagnose issues within a web application.

Getting ready

In this recipe, we will debug a small web server. Let's prepare this before we start the recipe:

  1. First, let's set up a directory and the files required for this recipe:
    $ mkdir debugging-with-chrome
    $ cd debugging-with-chrome
    $ npm init ...