How to debug the code?

[musabgultekin]

These are my steps:

Clone the repo
Install npm packages
Make necessary changes
Ran build-extension.sh file.
Enable developer mode in chrome://extensions page.
Then drag and drop exported extension zip file to the chrome extensions page.

But I'm not sure exactly. Can you let me know which steps to take.

I'm using MacOS Monterey (12.0.1), with Google Chrome 96.0.4664.55

[gildas-lormeau]

You don't need to generate the zip file actually. Just run npx rollup -c rollup.config.dev.js to build the code for debugging purposes, and install the extension in developer mode from the folder where you cloned the project.

[musabgultekin]

Thank you!

[gildas-lormeau]

You're welcome :)

[theowenyoung]

@gildas-lormeau Hi, I tried to run npm run dev, and it works, but how can I run it in a watch mode?

should I run this command npm run dev every time when I make some changes?

[gildas-lormeau]

@theowenyoung You have to run the command and refresh the extension in Chrome. That's why I run it manually on my end.

[grematt]

@gildas-lormeau Hey, when I run npx rollup -c rollup.config.js I get told that single-file-core/single-file.js cannot be found. Clearly I am missing something (maybe to generate these files?) as I do not see them present anywhere in the project. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Thanks.

[grematt]

@gildas-lormeau yes, and I’ve tried to run it using npm run dev too but of course that gets stuck at the same point. I assume the order is just npm install -> npm run dev and that’s its?

[gildas-lormeau]

If you want to use npm run dev, then you have to clone https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/single-file-core and make sure it's in the same parent folder as SingleFile, e.g. project-single-file/single-file-core and project-single-file/SingleFile.

[grematt]

So if I just what to use npx rollup -c rollup.config.dev.js I don’t have to do that? Just npm install then said command?

[gildas-lormeau]

npm run dev is a shortcut for npx rollup -c rollup.config.dev.js. In both cases, you need to clone the source code of single-file-core.

[grematt]

Thanks, it is working now.