Original Repo: https://github.com/node-inspector/node-inspector

npm install -g node-inspector

node-inspector &

Will prompt you to open http://127.0.0.1:8080/debug?port=5858 in Chrome.

node --debug app.js debug the file, will break on debugger; statements or existing break points. Only works with files that do not exit right away.

node --debug-brk app.js debug the file, always break on first line of code.

Close the terminal tab or ps aux | grep node-inspector to get process ID for node-inspector and sudo kill -9 <processID>

node-debug app.js will:

1. Start Node Inspector
2. Open New Tab in Chrome
3. Break on first line of code

Bonus: Use Command + o shortcut in Chrome to open the file you want to debug

node-debug $(which grunt) test