Currently I am debugging my JavaScript using Firebug for Firefox. Is there anyway to debug javascript in Visual Studio 2010? The JavaScript isn't part of any Visual Studio project, it's just a .js file that will be linked to a static HTML page (it's to debug school assignments).
I did try searching and the results weren't any more recent than around a year ago. I'm hoping something has changed or there is a better workflow than notepad++ for HTML/JavaScript and Firebug for debugging.
Use the JavaScript debugger keyword in IE.
function onClickRow(detailUrl) {
debugger;
}
When run your page in IE, a debug window will pop up, then select Visual Studio 11.
To use debug in Internet Explorer, you need perform these steps:
When next javascript statement will be reached, IE will show standard windows debugger selection dialog, when you can select instance of visual studio.
Update: With visual studio you can attach to browser process(e.g. iexplore.exe) and then debug
This question gets a lot of views so for the sake of completeness I just wanted to mention that I've been using Chrome Developer Tools for a while now. It's been working great for me and is what I recommend now when people ask me this same question.
disable option from Internet Options like here : http://www.mayanksrivastava.com/2010/02/debugging-java-script-in-visual-studio.html
If you installed VS 2012 and then uninstalled it, you may need to Re-Install Visual Studio 2010.
Error you may get when trying to debug JavaScript:
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Microsoft Visual Studio
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Unable to attach to the crashing process. The correct version of pdm.dll is not registered. Repair your Visual Studio 2010 installation, or run 'regsvr32.exe "%CommonProgramFiles%\Microsoft Shared\VS7Debug\pdm.dll"'.
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OK
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If you want to try giving it a shot in IE, I posted about using the js debugger here: jQuery/Ajax content not appearing/loading in Explorer
