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by themanr 5720 days ago
I would love to see a JavaScript debugger that could break to something like an ipython shell. It's the one thing I really miss moving from server side to client side debugging.
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paddy_m 5720 days ago
check out mozrepl and mozrepl mode.
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etherealG 5720 days ago
how is that different from a firebug/webkit inspector javascript console if you don't mind me asking? I'm not really familiar with ipython.
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themanr 5720 days ago
The main difference is the ability to interact with objects in the scope of the breakpoint. The console is always in window scope and I want to interact with local variables within a certain function.
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yesbabyyes 5720 days ago
If I don't misunderstand you, you can do this in Firebug. Open one of the scripts in the Script panel, click on the left hand side of any row to set a breakpoint. Execution will break there, and you can inspect the call stack, local scope and everything.

It's the same in Chrome.

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