Getting remote debugging set up with PhantomJS

Question

I\'m trying to set up remote debugging with PhantomJS, without much luck. I am following the instructions at https://github.com/ariya/phantomjs/wiki/Troubleshooting. I have a li

Answer 1

In my case the __run() would not be executed in the console. If this is the same issue you have, read on....

Open PowerShell and execute the script:

cls
# we go to the folder where our test.js script resides
cd "C:\Users\xxx\Phantomjs.Console"
phantomjs --remote-debugger-port=9000 --remote-debugger-autorun=yes test.js 

1. Open your Chrome browser and go to
2. http://localhost:9000
3. Click on your, in my case test.js file.
4. Switch to the Sources tab!
5. Execute __run() under Watch Expressions!

Put a debugger statement in your script for debugging!