How to maintain JavaScript breakpoints while developing a Rails application? - javascript

I'm working on a JavaScript function in a Rails 5 application on my localhost, so I open the Chrome debugger tools and add a breakpoint to the application.js file:
Now I make a change to the JS file and reload the page, and the breakpoint is gone from the Chrome debugger tools:
Presumably this is because Rails has changed the UID that it appends to the name of the application.js file (http://localhost:3000/assets/application.self-22a4471f17f42....js?body=1) and Chrome can't maintain the breakpoint.
Is there a setting in Rails to avoid this during development?

You can use debugger in your javascript code to create breakpoints.
Example:
function youFunction() {
debugger;
// do your magic
}
Also to address another thing, I think you can set precompilation of assets to false, if that's not an issue for you, in your config/environments/development.rb file.
Please take a look at all possible options here: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#configuring-assets

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Woocommerce-admin extension: changes to js/index.js have no effect

I am trying to write an extension for woocommerce-admin analytics. I have installed an example extension and it runs fine. But any changes I make to its js/index.js are not reflected in the browser.
Details:
I installed woocommerce-admin as described here:
https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce-admin
I then installed the add-report extension as described here:
https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce-admin/tree/main/docs/examples/extensions
The example extension works fine when I look at http://localhost/wp-admin
The Woocommerce Dev Docs say "You can make changes to Javascript and PHP files in the example and see changes reflected upon refresh", but when I modify add-report/js/index.js nothing changes in the browser.
What am I doing wrong?
I have found my answer: I should have been editing the js file in the main woocommerce-admin/ folder, not the js file in the new add-report/ plugin folder.
Changes to /wp-content/plugins/add-report/src/index.js are ignored, and have no effect in the browser :-(
Changes to /wp-content/plugins/woocommerce-admin/docs/examples/extensions/add-report/src/index.js are built successfully, and have an effect in the browser :-)

Error message "DevTools failed to load SourceMap: Could not load content for chrome-extension://..."

I'm trying to display an image selected from the local machine and I need the location of that image for a JavaScript function. But I'm unable to get the location.
To get the image location, I tried using console.log, but nothing returns.
console.log(document.getElementById("uploadPreview"));
Here's the HTML code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<div align="center" style="padding-top: 50px">
<img align="center" id="uploadPreview" style="width: 100px; height: 100px;" />
</div>
<div align="center" style="padding-left: 30px">
<input id="uploadImage" type="file" name="myPhoto" onchange="PreviewImage();" />
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
function PreviewImage() {
var oFReader = new FileReader();
oFReader.readAsDataURL(document.getElementById("uploadImage").files[0]);
oFReader.onload = function (oFREvent) {
document.getElementById("uploadPreview").src = oFREvent.target.result;
console.log(document.getElementById("uploadPreview").src);
};
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
Console Output:
Here's the warning:
DevTools failed to load SourceMap: Could not load content for
chrome-extension://alplpnakfeabeiebipdmaenpmbgknjce/include.preload.js.map:
HTTP error: status code 404, net::ERR_UNKNOWN_URL_SCHEME
That's because Chrome added support for source maps.
Go to the developer tools (F12 in the browser), then select the three dots in the upper right corner, and go to Settings.
Then, look for Sources, and disable the options:
"Enable JavaScript source maps"
"Enable CSS source maps"
If you do that, that would get rid of the warnings. It has nothing to do with your code. Check the developer tools in other pages and you will see the same warning.
Go to Developer tools → Settings → Console → tick "Selected context only". The warnings will be hidden. You can see them again by unticking the same box.
The "Selected context only" means only the top, iframe, worker and extension contexts. Which is all that you'll need, the vast majority of the time.
Fixing "SourceMap" error messages in the Development Tools Console caused by Chrome extensions:
Examples caused by McAfee extensions:
DevTools failed to load SourceMap: Could not load content for chrome-extension://klekeajafkkpokaofllcadenjdckhinm/sourceMap/content.map: HTTP error: status code 404, net::ERR_UNKNOWN_URL_SCHEME
DevTools failed to load SourceMap: Could not load content for chrome-extension://fheoggkfdfchfphceeifdbepaooicaho/sourceMap/chrome/content.map: HTTP error: status code 404, net::ERR_UNKNOWN_URL_SCHEME
DevTools failed to load SourceMap: Could not load content for chrome-extension://fheoggkfdfchfphceeifdbepaooicaho/sourceMap/chrome/iframe_handler.map: HTTP error: status code 404, net::ERR_UNKNOWN_URL_SCHEME
If you are developing, then you need "Enable JavaScript source maps" and "Enable CSS source maps" checked to be able see your source code in Chrome Developer Tools. Unchecking those takes away your ability to debug your source code. It is like turning off the fire alarm instead of putting out the fire. You do not want to do that.
Instead you want to find the extensions that are causing the messages and turn them off. Here is how you do that:
Go to the three dots in the upper right hand corner of Chrome.
Go to "More Tools" and click on "Extensions".
Do this for one extension at a time until no more "SourceMap" errors are in the console:
Turn off the extension by sliding the switch to the left.
Reload the page that you were using the Development Tools on.
Check if any of the "SourceMap" error messages disappeared.
If any did, then that extension was causing those messages.
Otherwise, that extension can be turned back on.
After determining which extensions caused the issue either:
If you need it, then contact the maker to have them fix the issue.
Otherwise, remove the extension.
I stumbled upon this Stack Overflow question after discovering loads of source map errors in the console for the Edge browser. (I think I had disabled the warnings in the Chrome browser long ago.)
For me it meant first realising what a source map is; please refer to Macro Mazzon's answer to understand this. Since it's a good idea, it was just a case of finding out how to turn them on.
It's as simple as adding this line in your webpack.config.js file -
module.exports = {
devtool: "source-map",
}
Now that Edge could detect a source map, the errors disappeared.
Apologies if this answer insults anybody's intelligence, but maybe somebody reading this will be as clueless about source maps as I was.
The include.prepload.js file will have a line like below, probably as the last line:
//# sourceMappingURL=include.prepload.js.map
Delete it and the error will go away.
For me, the problem was caused not by the application in development itself, but by the Chrome extension React Developer Tool. I solved it partially by right-clicking the extension icon in the toolbar, clicking "Manage extension" and then enabling "Allow access to files URLs." But this measure fixed just some of the alerts.
I found issues in the React repository that suggests the cause is a bug in their extension and is planned to be corrected soon - see issues 20091 and 20075.
You can confirm is extension-related by accessing your application in an anonymous tab without any extension enabled.
Chrome has changed the UI in 2022, so this is a new version of the most upvoted reply.
Open the dev tools (hit F12 or Option + Command + J)
Select the gear at the top. There are two gears in that area, so be sure to select the one at the top, top.
Locate the Sources section
Deselect "Enable JavaScript source maps"
Check to see if it worked!
Right: it has nothing to do with your code. I've found two valid solutions to this warning (not just disabling it). To better understand what a source map is, I suggest you check out this answer, where it explains how it's something that helps you debug:
The .map files are for JavaScript and CSS (and now TypeScript too) files that have been minified. They are called SourceMaps. When you minify a file, like the angular.js file, it takes thousands of lines of pretty code and turns it into only a few lines of ugly code. Hopefully, when you are shipping your code to production, you are using the minified code instead of the full, unminified version. When your app is in production, and has an error, the sourcemap will help take your ugly file, and will allow you to see the original version of the code. If you didn't have the sourcemap, then any error would seem cryptic at best.
First solution: apparently, Mr Heelis was the closest one: you should add the .map file and there are some tools that help you with this problem (Grunt, Gulp and Google closure for example, quoting the answer). Otherwise you can download the .map file from official sites like Bootstrap, jQuery, font-awesome, preload and so on... (maybe installing things like popper or swiper by the npm command in a random folder and copying just the .map file in your JavaScript/CSS destination folder)
Second solution (the one I used): add the source files using a CDN (content delivery network). (Here are all the advantages of using a CDN). Using content delivery network (CDN) you can simply add the CDN link, instead of the path to your folder. You can find CNDs on official websites (Bootstrap, jquery, popper, etc.) or you can easily search on some websites like Cloudflare, cdnjs, etc.
Extensions without enough permissions on Chrome can cause these warnings, for example for React developer tools. Check if the following procedure solves your problem:
Right click on the extension icon.
Or
Go to extensions.
Click the three-dot in the row of React developer tool.
Then choose "This can read and write site data".
You should see three options in the list. Pick one that is strict enough based on how much you trust the extension and also satisfies the extension's needs.
I appreciate this is part of your extensions, but I see this message in all sorts of places these days, and I hate it: how I fixed it (this fix seems to massively speed up the browser too) was by adding a dead file
physically create the file it wants it/where it wants it, as a blank file (for example, "popper.min.js.map")
put this in the blank file
{
"version": 1,
"mappings": "",
"sources": [],
"names": [],
"file": "popper.min.js"
}
make sure that "file": "*******" in the content of the blank file matches the name of your file ******.map (minus the word ".map")
(I suspect you could physically add this dead file method to the addon yourself.)
I do not think the warnings you have received are related. I had the same warnings which turned out to be the Chrome extension React Dev Tools. I removed the extension and the errors were gone.
You have just missing files.
Go to the website https://www.cdnpkg.com/.
Download what you need and copy it to the right folder.
For me, the warnings were caused by the Selenium IDE Chrome extension. These warnings appeared in the Console on every page load:
DevTools failed to load source map: Could not load content for chrome-extension://mooikfkahbdckldjjndioackbalphokd/assets/atoms.js.map: HTTP error: status code 404, net::ERR_UNKNOWN_URL_SCHEME
DevTools failed to load source map: Could not load content for chrome-extension://mooikfkahbdckldjjndioackbalphokd/assets/polyfills.js.map: HTTP error: status code 404, net::ERR_UNKNOWN_URL_SCHEME
DevTools failed to load source map: Could not load content for chrome-extension://mooikfkahbdckldjjndioackbalphokd/assets/escape.js.map: HTTP error: status code 404, net::ERR_UNKNOWN_URL_SCHEME
DevTools failed to load source map: Could not load content for chrome-extension://mooikfkahbdckldjjndioackbalphokd/assets/playback.js.map: HTTP error: status code 404, net::ERR_UNKNOWN_URL_SCHEME
DevTools failed to load source map: Could not load content for chrome-extension://mooikfkahbdckldjjndioackbalphokd/assets/record.js.map: HTTP error: status code 404, net::ERR_UNKNOWN_URL_SCHEME
Since Selenium IDE was already set to be able to read site data on all sites, I uninstalled it. (I read in another comment here that you might try enabling more permissions for an extension instead of removing it.) In my case, removing Selenium IDE (Chrome extension) got rid of the warnings.
It is also possible to add the file that is missing, aside with other .js libraries in the same folder (no need to reference the .map in the .html file, <script> tag).
I had the same error, when trying to code in Backbone.js.
The problematic file was backbone-min.js, and the line that created the error was sourceMappingURL=backbone-min.map.
After downloading the missing file (the link comes from here), the error disappeared.
I had the same problem. I tried to disable the extensions one by one to check it, and finally realized I had Adblock enabled, which was causing this issue. To remove that error I followed the step below,
Three dots (top right corner).
Click More tools --> extensions.
Disable the Adblock.
Reload the page.
And it should work now.
DevTools failed to load source map: Could not load content for chrome-extension://cfhdojbkjhnklbpkdaibdccddilifddb/browser-polyfill.js.map: System error: net::ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND
Disable the Chrome extension "Adblock Plus - free ad blocker". https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock-plus-free-ad-bloc/cfhdojbkjhnklbpkdaibdccddilifddb
Lately this error is caused by the extension.
Problems with Debugging and Sourcemaps in Web Browsers
Hope this clarifies the technicals behind the problem...knowing how things works helps some :)
This browser error means it has some compiled version of your JavaScript in a sourcemap intermediate file it or some 3rd party created that is now needed when debugging that same script in "devtools" in your web browser.
This can happen if your script fails (or in your case trying to get an image source hidden in the sourcemap code that created the script) but whose script error is tied to some JavaScript that got created from an original sourcemap file that now cannot be found to debug that same error. So it's an error about an error, a missing debugging file creating a new error. (crazy, huh?)
This error is likely coming from an extension in the web browser and is reporting it has generated a script error it has recorded in the console.log window of devtools (press F12 in the browser). The error is likely from the extension (not your code) saying it has some code that contains an address to a sourcemap file it cannot access, has a bad URI/URL address, is blocked, or that is missing.
The browser only needs this sourcemap file if a developer using devtools will need to debug the original script again.
A sourcemap, by the way, is a file that translates or transpiles code from one language to another language. Often this is a file that the browser uses to translate this source code into a child script like JavaScript/ECMAScript, or when it needs to do the opposite and recreate the source file from the child script. In most cases this file is not needed at all as a 3rd party software program has already compiled or transpiled the source code into the child script for the browser. For example, developers who like TypeScript use it to create JavaScript. This source code gets transpiled into JavaScript so the browser script engine can run it. The URI/URL to this sourcemap file is usually at the top of the javaScript or application compiled code file in a format like //#....
When this intermediary transpile file is missing or blocked for security reasons in a web browser, the application will usually not care unless it needs the source file for debugging the child script using this source file. In that case it will complain when it feels it needs this file and cannot find it, as it uses it to recreate the source file for the code running in the browser when debugging the script in order to allow a developer to debug the original source code. When it cannot find it, it means that any developer trying to debug it will not be able to do so, and is stuck with the compiled code only. So it is safe to turn off these errors in the various ways mentioned in this post. It should not affect your own scripts if it is connected to an extension. Even if it is related to your own scripts, it is still unlikely you need it unless you plan to run debugging from devtools.
In my case, it was JSON Viewer extension that was blocking the source map files from being loaded
In my case i made silly mistake by adding bootstrap.min.js instead of bootstrap.bundel.js :)
You need to open Chrome in developer mode: select More tools, then Extensions and select Developer mode

Javascript acting differently in inappbrowser vs Chrome - Undefined global variables

My problem is that when I use inappbrowser to open my web page, the main javascript file seems to be ignored, even though it is referenced in the Head of the file that I am opening using ref = cordova.InAppBrowser.open('https://MYURLHERE:8484/home/login', '_self', 'location=yes');
I am using chrome://inspect/#devices to inspect the console and I get errors when hitting buttons.. Anything referenced in the main.js file is undefined.. whereas the actual code for the autocomplete and button seems to be executing.
Please note The url is working fine when viewed in the chrome browser. The javascript files seem to load correctly, and all variables are defined correctly. - It is only when I use inappbrowser that I see issues with undefined variables.
My code (cordova app):
ref = cordova.InAppBrowser.open('https://MYURLHERE:8484/home/login', '_self', 'location=yes');
var myInAppBrowserCallback = function(event) {
console.log(event.url, 'LOADED');
};
ref.addEventListener('loadstart', myInAppBrowserCallback);
//Works fine.
My code (from the actual website I'm trying to view in Inappbrowser):
<script src="/Scripts/commonFunctions.js"></script>
var p = 'Hello';
<script src="/Scripts/loginPage.js"></script>
$('#btnLogin').on('click', function() {
alert(p);
});
Returns an alert with undefined.
What I have tried:
Extensive googling! (all the answers seem to be related to javascript not being enabled.. or 404 errors or things like that.. Not with global variables from one js file being undefined in another js file.)
Removing inappbrowser, using window.open.. Won't work as the app needs to execute scripts to inspect localstorage of the site.
Re-installing the android platform using cordova.
Re-installing the plugin.
Checking chrome in the inspector to ensure the files are in sources tab (they are).
Checking that the functions in main.js also exist (they do).
Thanks, JFIT
Summary:
The problem was that a javascript file was trying to load 'SpeechSynthesis' which was undefined only in the inappbrowser.
Details:
The problem with this was confusing but here are the steps I found to debug / solve:
Set up Remote Debugging on the phone so that you can view the console of the phone using chrome://inspect/#devices
View the console of the inappbrowser site (which will show as a seperate page to the inappbrowser instance.
Identify which files are being loaded and remove files until 'undefined' errors disappear.
Add back in the most recent file and start to strip out various functions (especially functions/variables before document.ready (global variables also)
Find the line/variable that way. It was handy for me this way as the actual undefined variable showed up after I removed most of the files.
The actual cause of my error was the speechSynthesis functionality.
The speechsynthesis lines were removed, and I readded all remaining files and everything works. This function works fine in chrome on desktop/android but not in the inappbrowser.

How to debug a Rally 2.0 app.js file when name changes dynamically

I'm finding I can't debug the app.js file locally when testing things out in Chrome.
If I set a breakpoint on a line, when I refresh the filename it's referencing has changed dynamically.
i.e. to something like App.js?_dc=0.1228585853241384
I assume this is some kind of Rally internal setting, how can I disable this so I can actually debug the changes?
You can either use the debugger; keyword to trigger a breakpoint directly from your code, or I think you can add the following code at the top of your app right before your Ext.define:
Ext.Loader.setConfig({
disableCaching: true
});

Debug Javascript in netbeans 7.4 inside PHP project

I want to debug javascript code inside my php project in netbeans. I have read on several occasions that this should be possible in the new netbeans 7.4 version, for example here and here, but i cannot get it to work. I have installed de debugger connector for chrome and php debugging works just fine but when i try to set a breakpoint in a .js file it says:
unresolved breakpoint,
debugger is not attached to tab with id....
i understand that the link from the netbeans page is for an html 5 application but i thought this debugging would also be enabled in php projects. Am i doing something wrong?
i know i can debug with firebug or chrome itself but i would like to do it all in one place in my netbeans IDE...
thanks in advance
The unresolved breakpoint usually mean that for instance you set it in file that is not loaded in Chrome's tab right now (or for some reason, IDE cannot match URL of JS file and local JS file). The mixed debugging works only in Embdded Browser or in Chrome with NetBeans connector (you can see the usually yellow bar in your page saying "NetBeans connector is debugging this page" and you can debug PHP and JS at the same time.
Have a look here, although it is about Java EE projects, it is very similar to PHP projects
Updated answer:
One issue I remember (and plain Chrome Dev Tools has it as well) is that if you have JavaScript file attached to HTML/PHP with dynamic parameter to prevent browser from caching, e.g. , where "673612" changes each time a file is loaded. If that's your case, try to remove this dynamic attribute. I think that e.g. Sencha or ExtJS use this feature which "breaks" debuggers.
I had a similar problem : javascript breakpoints were broken, while everything else was working fine (for example php breakpoints were okay).
The reason was that in the run configuration properties I changed the Project URL to something that was not the host anymore, but a subfolder managed by a url rewriting rule.
johanvs is correct, but my reputation is not enough to +1.
Suppose a NetBeans project contains many files in different folders:
/var/www/index.html
/var/www/config.html
/usr/doc/readme.txt
/usr/doc/license.txt
Since "index.html" is not in the project root folder but under "/var/www", NetBeans does not know "http://127.0.0.1/index.html" is corresponding to "/var/www/index.html". To solve, verify below settings in NetBeans -> File -> Project Properties:
Sources -> Web Root
"var/www"
Run Configuration -> Project URL
"http://127.0.0.1/"
Run Configuration -> Index File -> Browse
"index.html"
Run Configuration -> Remote Connection -> Manage -> Initial Directory
"/"
Run Configuration -> Upload Directory
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