How to setup Google's v8 javascript standalone engine for remote debugging?

Question

How do I setup/build/run a Google's V8 Engine so that I can call a sample javascript file and see it interpreted step by step all the way down to C++ code?

Motoring

+1 for asking my question. :-) – Beaston

While I'd love an answer to this question myself, I would like to share that I've found a reference to JSON related debugging here: code.google.com/p/v8-wiki/wiki/DebuggerProtocol; I know it's possible to connect a debugger to a port in the V8 engine, so I'm guessing this is the protocol used. BTW: It does mention in-process based debugging using a function based API. Searching the wiki doesn't produce anything however. :/ – Philan

Answer 1

Update: this is how it used to be.

V8 wiki page provides sample "lineprocessor.cc" program that runs custom JavaScript and tells how to enable debugging for these scripts.

Kip

No, it does not. For example, the wiki mentions things such as setting up a debug message handler, and several other things, while the example does not appear to utilize any of the mchanosms mentioned in the wiki, leaving a reader to have to blindly guess how to actually hook things together. – Haland