Overview
Have you ever cried yourself to sleep unable to find the cause of a horrendous bug in your node app? Cry no more, your tears will be reshaped into blinding swords as we explore uncharted territories laced with mystical creatures.
JavaScript debugging is an often avoided topic due to the uncertainty of how best to accomplish it and the lack of powerful introspective tools. This talk will explore new territory and showcase tools that help you debug complex and difficult issues in your node or frontend app. Libraries and tools such as node-debugger, Visual Studio Code, vorlon.js, and memory leak catchers will be used to slay dragons.
No more shall you fear building complex apps with JavaScript!
Objective
Slaying dragons hiding in your JavaScript apps a.k.a. Advanced JavaScript Debugging
Target Audience
JavaScript Developers.
Assumed Audience Knowledge
JavaScript.
Five things audience members will learn
- Common causes of bugs in JavaScript
- How to hunt for bugs using node-debugger
- How to use introspective tools
- How to debug your front-end with vorlon.js
- Slaying dragons
