Debugging tern.js with Nodeclipse

When you develop a JavaScript tern plugin you can debug it with breakpoints by using :

• Web Browser tooling like Chrome Developer Tools. It works great but some tern plugin can works only with node.js like Closure Library
• To debug tern plugin which works only with node.js, you can use Nodeclipse

This section explains step by step how to debug with breakpoints Closure Library tern plugin with Nodeclipse

Note that the procedure is a litlle complex and not perfect and should be improved.

Installation

• Install Nodeclipse
• Install tern.java >= 0.4.0

Create tern Nodeclipse project

• Create a Nodeclipse project that you can name with tern