It would be really nice if there were some detailed articles on dev.catalyst.perl.org regarding different options for debugging and how to implement them.
On Jan 18, 2008 10:38 AM, Peter Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > >From: Nathan Waddell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: 18 January 2008 15:29 > >To: The elegant MVC web framework > >Subject: Re: [Catalyst] Debugging Catalyst with Eclipse > > > >Wow, thanks for all the responses. > > > >Troy, I'll subscribe to the EPIC list and see if I can get a > >conversation started on their end. > > > >Matt, I guess you're a member of the EPIC list? > > > >Dmitriy, how did you set up Eclipse+EPIC to debug Catalyst apps? > > > >Peter, the Devel::ebug as remote debugger sounds promising. However, > >I'm brand new to Catalyst, so I'll have to dig into the docs on that > >and see if I can figure it out. Thanks for the suggestion! > > Hi Nathan. Hooking Eclipse + EPIC to Devel::ebug is a separate issue from > using Catalyst. I'd suggest aiming first to be able to remotely debug a > "hello world!" program. > > Catalyst has a lot of debugging stuff built in, script/myapp_test.pl front > end, Test::WWW::Mechanize wrapper, mock objects, fake requests and so on, > which is where Matt's offer to help might come in handy if you want to add > some Catalyst-specific goodies to the Eclipse front end that make use of its > internals. > > Finally, to debug mod_perl problems (the few that you can't fix with > log4perl prints, Mech tests and so on), it would be handy to have a front > end option to invoke a debug Apache. You can do this with something like > "httpd -f myhttpdebug.conf -X -DPERLDB" and use Apache::DB ins the .conf > file. More pointers here > http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2006/02/09/debug_mod_perl.html?page=2 > > > > Regards, Peter > http://perl.dragonstaff.co.uk > > > > _______________________________________________ > List: [email protected] > Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst > Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ > _______________________________________________ List: [email protected] Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
