Rookout official tutorial for using Node.JS

This is the official rookout Node.JS tutorial

• Signup
• Documentation
• Prerequisites
• Installation
• Usage
• License

Prerequisites

1. Docker - https://www.docker.com/get-docker
2. Node.JS 10 + NPM

Installation

1. Clone this repo

git clone https://github.com/Rookout/tutorial-nodejs.git
cd tutorial-nodejs

2. Set your Rookout token in an ENV variable

export ROOKOUT_TOKEN=YOUR_TOKEN_IN_HERE

3. Build and run the app

• Option 1 - Without Docker:

npm start

• Option 2 - Running with docker

docker run -p 4000:4000 -e ROOKOUT_TOKEN=$ROOKOUT_TOKEN rookout/tutorial-nodejs

Usage

• Log in to the Rookout IDE
• Set up your debug session by selecting the NodeJS app you started. See Debug session setup for more information
• Add the source code according to the following instructions. In this case, use the local filesystem option to associate the code in your local 'tutorial-nodejs' folder.
• Open the file 'src/services/todos.js'
• Add a Breakpoint to line 15 by clicking next the the line number in the file viewer
• The breakpoint should turn solid purple, indicating that it has been set successfully and that it is active.
  • If this is not the case, click here to see how to fix that
• Go the the app webpage http://localhost:4000/ and add a todo in order to trigger the Breakpoint
• Check the bottom pane Messages and you'll see the snapshot you just added, as it was triggered by the handler of the web api when you added a todo.

Common Pitfalls

• Breakpoint status is pending (hollow with purple outline) -- Connection to the app was not able to be established. Make sure that you inserted the Rookout Token in the right place and that the SDK was properly installed.
• Breakpoint status is disabled (solid grey) -- The breakpoint was disabled from collecting more data due to the limits being hit.
• Brekapoint error -- something went wrong. Check the breakpoint status to get more information on the error type, and for more information go to our breakpoint status guide.

Want to learn more ?

• Our website for more information
• Our documentation for more information
• our deployment examples for platform-specific integration examples

License

APACHE 2