Using node-inspector with Grunt tasks

Question

Does someone used node-inspector with Grunt for application debugging? If not, Can you recommend a debugging tool for Grunt based apps?

I\'m working with nodejs for

Answer 1

2019 update

• If you want to launch the grunt task in debug mode and break at first line:

  node --inspect-brk $(which grunt) taskName

• If you want to launch the grunt task in debug mode at a specific port:

  node --inspect-brk=8080 $(which grunt) taskName

• if you want to attache VSCODE to the node process running the debugging session of grunt, use the following configuration in vscode:

{
  // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
  // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
  // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "configurations": [
    
    {
      "type": "node",
      "request": "attach",
      "name": "Attach by port IP 5656",
      "port": 8080
    }
  ]
}