debugging xs with VS Code: v8 inspector proxy

[dckc]

I'm interested to give this a try... not urgently, but I'm interested in any advice...

VS Code debugging seems to use v8's inspector protocol.
xsbug has a network protocol; doCommand provides a reasonably concise summary.

Building a proxy to act like v8 inspector and translate to/from xsbug's network protocol seems like a manageable amount of work, if we're only worried about the 80 to 95% of the protocol that's enough to get by and not every corner case.

cc @dtribble

[dckc]

meanwhile, I figured out vs code mac config to build, debug SwingSet on xs.

https://github.com/dckc/moddable/tree/vs-code-debug-c
b31d032

[dckc]

I found sudo tcpflow -i any -C -g port 5002 a particularly useful tool to watch the debugger and the vm talk to each other.

source: https://superuser.com/a/23187 Jan 20 '17

[dckc]

nifty!

A pointer to how to use it would be great. Or just to the relevant commit. I'm struggling to find it.

[phoddie]

Apologies. I didn't intend to mark this as Completed. I closed it as it had gone (very) cold.