Welcome to LiveDebugger
View SourceLiveDebugger is a browser-based tool for debugging applications written in Phoenix LiveView - an Elixir library designed for building rich, interactive online experiences with server-rendered HTML.
Designed to enhance your development experience LiveDebugger gives you:
- A detailed view of your LiveComponents tree
- The ability to inspect assigns for LiveViews and LiveComponents
- Tracing of their callback executions
- Components highlighting
Installation
Important
LiveDebugger should not be used on production - make sure that the dependency you've added is :dev
only
Mix installation
Add live_debugger
to your list of dependencies in mix.exs
:
defp deps do
[
{:live_debugger, "~> 0.3.0", only: :dev}
]
end
For full experience we recommend adding below line to your application root layout. It attaches meta
tag and LiveDebugger scripts in dev environment enabling browser features.
# lib/my_app_web/components/layouts/root.html.heex
<head>
<%= Application.get_env(:live_debugger, :live_debugger_tags) %>
</head>
After you start your application, LiveDebugger will be running at a default port http://localhost:4007
.
Igniter installation
LiveDebugger has Igniter support - an alternative for standard mix installation. It'll automatically add LiveDebugger dependency and modify your root.html.heex
after you use the below command.
mix igniter.install live_debugger
DevTools extension
Since version v0.2.0 you can install official LiveDebugger DevTools extension, giving you the ability to interact with its features alongside your application's runtime.
Note
Ensure the main LiveDebugger dependency is added to your mix project, as the browser plugin alone is not enough.
Authors
LiveDebugger is created by Software Mansion.
Since 2012 Software Mansion is a software agency with experience in building web and mobile apps as well as complex multimedia solutions. We are Core React Native Contributors, Elixir ecosystem experts, and live streaming and broadcasting technologies specialists. We can help you build your next dream product – Hire us.
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Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0