Tag Archives: node-js

New Live Console in JavaScript and Node.js debugger

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Maarten Balliauw

Some features are so (seamingly) simple yet so powerful. One of them is the new Live Console in the PhpStorm JavaScript and Node.js debugger. While debugging JavaScript, we can use the Console tab to execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the execution context. … Continue reading →

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Announcing Grunt support in PhpStorm 8 EAP

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Maarten Balliauw

We are pleased to announce Grunt support in PhpStorm 8 EAP! If you’re new to Grunt, it is a JavaScript Task Runner, much like Phing is for PHP, which can automate a lot of tasks in our development workflow. Grunt … Continue reading →

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Tracing, debugging and profiling JavaScript code with spy-js in PhpStorm

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Maarten Balliauw

Forget about the NSA: PhpStorm 8 EAP comes with spy-js, our own secret service that allows tracing our code without console.log, debugging it without breakpoints and profiling it without any specialized tools. All while running our web app (and even … Continue reading →

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PhpStorm gets Bower support

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Maarten Balliauw

A good developer is a lazy developer, right? Thanks to PhpStorm and WebStorm sharing the IntelliJ IDEA platform, we had an easier job integrating support for Bower from our colleagues! Bower is a package manager for the web, which allows us … Continue reading →

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