Easier access to node devtools inspector

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I’ve gotten into the habit of using node --inspect to access chrome devtools in place of the terminal, and I’d like to be able to do that while working on react-static projects. Devtools offers a lot more flexibility for debugging, so it’s a big win to be able to access it.

Describe the solution you’d like

Ideally, one could just do react-static --inspect or even just add the functionality to react-static --debug.

Describe alternatives you’ve considered

Right now, I can get fairly concise access to the inspector with node --inspect -e "require('react-static/node').start()". It’s easy enough, but detaching it from the CLI tool reduces it’s flexibility, and it also keeps other users from adopting a pretty awesome little helper.

Additional context

Links:

• Node inspector API
• Tutorial

[happybeing]

Ah, I see now. I think I misunderstood your suggestion - you are talking about debugging React-static itself. At first I thought you were talking about debugging a website built with it - my bad 😊

[tannerlinsley]

Looking forward to it!