Is there any debugger like there is in Visual Studio,for example in C#, I can follow every step of the program and find out how the code works, which function does it call first or what value does a certain integer has after loop? Thanks
Yes, there is. It's in Visual Studio!
When you launch a your web application from Visual Studio in Internet Explorer you can set breakpoints in your JavaScript code and use the debugger from Visual Studio just as you would with C#.
Make sure that you have debugging scripts enabled in Internet Explorer.
You can find more info here in the documentation Client-Side Script Debugging at MSDN.
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I have a MVC 4 web Application with some javascript which is working fine with Internet Explorer and gives an issue with Chrome.
I was thinking to debug using Chrome as a browser in Visual Studio 11, which can be selected from the debug dropdown: the issue is that I cannot figure out how to enable script debugging :
when I debug the breakpoint are disabled with the usual warning
No symbols have been loaded for this document
I know I might debug scripts directly in Chrome, but I prefer going consistent using Visual Studio, since it involves stepping into several lenghty js libraries.
I can see from a previous post that with Visual Studio 2008 that was not possible: does anyone know a way to do that with Visual Studio 11?
PS: attaching the Chrome process does not help as the debugging mode is 'Native' instead of 'Script'
PSII: I also tried to attach Chrome using the Attach to: Script Code option in the Attach.. menu (this switches the Debugging mode to Script) but that does not help as well.
You simply can't do this. Visual Studio only connects with IE in this way.
Chrome does of course have its own debugging tools that you can use, but you won't be able to get your stops inside of Visual Studio as you may hope.
There is a whole load of answered / unanswered / incorrectly answered questions all over the web and SO on the matter.
Visual Studio 2010 debugging Javascript with IE works but not with firefox or chrome. Any solution?
how to enable script debugging in visual studio 2008 when using Firefox
Here are the steps that worked for me in Visual Studio 2015 (should work in earlier versions as well):
Start chrome in remote debug mode: chrome.exe --remote-debugging-port=9222
Attach Visual Studio: "Debug" -> "Attach to Process..." -> select the chrome instance
All credit goes to: http://lostindetails.com/blog/post/JavaScript-debugging-in-VisualStudio-with-Chrome
This has been enabled in Visual Studio 2017 https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/webdev/2016/11/21/client-side-debugging-of-asp-net-projects-in-google-chrome/
Currently I am debugging my JavaScript using Firebug for Firefox. Is there anyway to debug javascript in Visual Studio 2010? The JavaScript isn't part of any Visual Studio project, it's just a .js file that will be linked to a static HTML page (it's to debug school assignments).
I did try searching and the results weren't any more recent than around a year ago. I'm hoping something has changed or there is a better workflow than notepad++ for HTML/JavaScript and Firebug for debugging.
Use the JavaScript debugger keyword in IE.
function onClickRow(detailUrl) {
debugger;
}
When run your page in IE, a debug window will pop up, then select Visual Studio 11.
To use debug in Internet Explorer, you need perform these steps:
enable script debugging in IE (go to Internet options->advanced->browsing and uncheck 'Disable script debugging')
select view->external script debugger->break on next statement
When next javascript statement will be reached, IE will show standard windows debugger selection dialog, when you can select instance of visual studio.
Update:
With visual studio you can attach to browser process(e.g. iexplore.exe) and then debug
This question gets a lot of views so for the sake of completeness I just wanted to mention that I've been using Chrome Developer Tools for a while now. It's been working great for me and is what I recommend now when people ask me this same question.
Yes, but only in IE. Basically just create a web-page project and hit run. It'll launch IE in debugger mode.
disable option from Internet Options like here : http://www.mayanksrivastava.com/2010/02/debugging-java-script-in-visual-studio.html
If you installed VS 2012 and then uninstalled it, you may need to Re-Install Visual Studio 2010.
Error you may get when trying to debug JavaScript:
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Microsoft Visual Studio
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Unable to attach to the crashing process. The correct version of pdm.dll is not registered. Repair your Visual Studio 2010 installation, or run 'regsvr32.exe "%CommonProgramFiles%\Microsoft Shared\VS7Debug\pdm.dll"'.
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OK
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If you want to try giving it a shot in IE, I posted about using the js debugger here:
jQuery/Ajax content not appearing/loading in Explorer
I tried setting a breakpoint in visual studio in a JavaScript file and i get a message when i hover on the breakpoint, which is:
"The breakpoint will not currently be hit. The document is not loaded."
I am using firefox. Is it possible to hit the breakpoint and how?
No; Visual Studio's Javascript debugger only supports IE.
You should use the Javascript debugger in Firebug.
No.
Javascript Debugging in Visual Studio hooks in to the IE Script engine to hit breakpoints. As far as I know, there's no Firefox extension to allow VS to hook in to Mozilla's Javascript Engine.
You could always download Firebug, set breakpoints there, and debug Javascript using that.
No ... for firefox debugging of javascript, use firebug
Does Dreamweaver CS 3 have a JavaScript debugger?
The only information on anything close is that it says I need to click on the
'preview/debug in browser' button which does open the page, but no debugging ever happens when the page has an error. I also see no way to set breakpoints or walk through the code.
MS Visual Web Developer (Visual Studio Express - which is free) has a debugger that you can attach to a process. So even if you are not developing in it, you can debug the JavaScript in any browser. It also has a very rich variable watch that allows you to drill down through all the decendants of an object for its respective values. I was hoping that Dreamweaver could at least match Visual Web Developer...
What is the experience using the Visual Studio debugger tools with non-Internet Explorer browsers?
Dreamweaver has no effective built-in debugger.
Firebug works great with non-Internet Explorer browsers
Visual Studio tools work great with ID browsers
What is the one that works well across the board?
Debuggers are specific to a particular interpreter/compiler, not to a language. The same language - in this case, JavaScript - can have more than one interpreter/compiler. In particular, each browser has their own.
So to debug JavaScript in Internet Explorer, you need an Internet Explorer debugger - either the one built into Internet Explorer, or one of the Visual Studio flavours. To debug JavaScript in Chrome, use Chrome's debugger. To debug JavaScript in Firefox, use Firebug. (And so on.)
There is nothing native to Dreamweaver that handles debugging JavaScript, but there are several other options out there for free.
The Firebug add-on for Firefox allows you to set breakpoints and step through JavaScript. Download and play with that, and you should find what you need. Here is a brief tutorial hitting on your points: Debug Javascript with Firebug
I solved most JavaScript problems using the Error Console in FireFox. I never got Dreamweaver's to work.
I agree with CheGueVerra, defenitively the best debugger is the "error console" in Firefox. If you want to make it even better, just download the Firefox Add-on Console². All you need to debug JavaScript code is there.
You can also use Firebug, which is in my opinion the best JavaScript debugger for Firefox even if there are still some issues sometimes (refer to my post a few days ago, Stack Overflow question Firebug debugger not working in Firefox 3.x?).
I assume you're looking for something where you can attach breakpoints and such... Well, without echoing the others (this can be done in Firebug), do try Aptana Studio. It can be run like a plugin on Eclipse and can be used to debug JavaScript.
I just saw this mentioned in Stack Overflow question Best WYSIWYG CSS editor and didn't know it could be done. I'm a Visual Studio newbie, so how do you do it?
Is there a separate debugger for JavaScript? I know how to work the one for code-behind pages... I usually use Firebug to deal with debugging JavaScript code.
I'm using Visual Studio 2005.
I prefer using Firebug for projects I can't use Visual Studio 2008 on.
To debug in Visual Studio 2005, make sure that "disable script debugging" is unchecked. Then load your webpage in Internet Explorer. From the debug menu inside of Visual Studio 2005, select "Attach to process" and pick the instance of Internet Explorer that has your web page loaded.
Alternatively, the Firebug team has been working on a "lite" version that you can include either as a script in your page or by launching it via a bookmarklet from your browser. It doesn't provide the full debugger that Firebug does, but it gives you a console and a command line from which you can inspect variables and log things to the console.
Visual Studio 2008 ASP.NET projects has debugging enabled by default. You can set breakpoints within your .js file while the website/web app project is run in the ASP.NET debug server.
TechRepublic has a good walk through - see Visual Studio 2008 simplifies JavaScript debugging.
Just make sure you have 'Disable Script Debugging' unchecked, and just hit F5 to start debugging in VS2005 or 2008.
I would also note that if you have your JavaScript inside the .aspx page you will have to find it via the script explore. However if you have it in a separate .js file you can just put a break point on it like you would any .cs file.
In Internet Explorer, select View -> Script Debugger -> Open. That should do it.
Usually you know where you are having problems, so you can set a breakpoint in your JavaScript code by placing the keyword "debugger;" on a line in your JavaScript code (obviously without the quotes) to set a breakpoint.
When you get to it in Internet Explorer, it will ask you if you want to debug and prompt you to choose a debugger from a list, hopefully you will see Visual Studio in that list (both a new instance as well as your currently-running instance) - if you are using Firefox with Firebug, it will automatically stop execution on that line and you will be within the Firebug debugger, not Visual Studio.
You will want to do the following to setup Internet Explorer for doing this - from within Internet Explorer, follow this menu path: Tools > Internet Options > Advanced Tab > Uncheck the "Disable Script Debugging" options.
You can set a breakpoint within JavaScript in Visual Studio 2005, but in addition to debugging needing to be enabled in Internet Explorer, you can only set the breakpoint in a .js file. You cannot debug any inline JavaScript code.
I also sometimes have problems when trying to debug my JavaScript code when using the attach process method to go into debugging. I will normally use the "Start debugging" green arrow. You will know that your code will stop at the breakpoint in your .js file if the breakpoint icon (Burgandy Circle by default) is filled in. If it's not filled in, you will never stop there.
Finally, make sure you have debugging enabled in your ASP.NET configuration settings.
Debugging client JavaScript code in Visual Studio 2005:
Add the following code to the start of the JavaScript code:
debugger
See Debugging client JavaScript in Visual Studio 2005.
Yeah using Microsoft Script Editor is a an option if you have Office XP or Office 2003 installed. In IE uncheck Disable Script debugging (Internet Explorer) and Disable Script debugging (Other).
Restart IE. In View menu you will have a new item, "script debugging", choose open. You will be given a choice of VS2005 or New instance of Microsoft Script Editor, choose that and give it a go.
Edit: try this link for a tutorial
I usually use Firebug to deal with debugging JS.
Unless you need to debug in IE, there's no need to stop using Firebug. It works with JavaScript in ASP.NET pages just as well as it does with any other type of page.
Visual Studio's JavaScript debugging is alright, but really cannot compete with the full range of client-side information that Firebug aggregates.