what's the least resistance path to debugging mocha tests?

Question

Edit Nov 2016: Node now has a built in debugger that you can start with --inspect. This answer explains it: https://stackoverflow.com/a/39901169/30946.

Answer 1

A modern way to do this is to use nodejs's inspector integration feature. It's fairly simple to use. I've already written a detailed explanation of how to use it in this post