Angular – How to debug angular app using angular-cli webpack

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I used angular-cli@1.0.0-beta.10 before and now I updated to angular-cli@webpack beta.11. After a lot of custom changes I got it to work.

The only thing is that now I can not debug my angular app using webstorm and chrome debugger because I don't get any ts files using ng serve. With angular-cli@1.0.0-beta.10 it was very easy to debug my app using the Jetbrains Plugin.

How can I debug my angular app with Webstorm and the Chrome Debugger using ng serve?

Best Answer

How to debug with angular/cli

The new angular/cli version uses webpack which does not compile the ts files to an local directory like dist before (till beta 1.0.0-beta.10). Now it uses some memory like approach.

But you can find the ts Files in the Chrome Developer Tools in the "Sources" tab.

(new) Solution for angular/cli@1.0.0-beta.26 and newer

Notice: This solution was tested with version 1.0.0-beta.26 and 1.2.1

Notice: In this example I used port 5321 instead of 4200. Just use your port.

Debugging with Chrome Developer Tools

While running ng serve (also used in npm start), you can find your sources in the Chrome Developer Tools section: "webpack://":

src destination in Chrome Developer Tools "Sources" section

Debugging Angular 2 App with angular/cli using JetBrains IDE

Just edit your Run/Debug Configuration in Webstorm/PHPStorm to following:

  1. Set your Remote URL Path of your project directory to webpack://.
  2. Set your Remote URL Path of your src directory to webpack://./src

IDE Configuration

(old) Solution for angular-cli@1.0.0-beta.10 - .14

Debugging with Chrome Developer Tools

While running ng serve (also used in npm start), you can find your sources in the Chrome Developer Tools section: "webpack://":

The destination of the ts files in the developer tools

Debugging Angular 2 App with angular-cli@webpack using JetBrains IDE

Just edit your Run/Debug Configuration in Webstorm/PHPStorm to following: Set your Remote URL Path of your project directory to

webpack:////Users/...FULL_PATH.. //on Mac OSX

or

webpack:///C:/...FULL_PATH.. //example on Windows

Notice: on Windows you only need 3 slashes, on Mac you need 4 slashes after "webpack:"

You can also check your Path by going to http://localhost:4200/main.map and search for any ".ts" File. You can easily copy the path of this file and paste it to your IDE Configuration Dialog.

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EDIT: Perhaps you need to map the path adding "/src" to your src folder too. Thanks @born2net

Have Fun.

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