PowerDebug

PowerDebug: Professional Debugging for LiveCode

PowerDebug plugs into the LiveCode IDE and provides a substantial upgrade to the built in debugger, variable watcher and runtime error features of LiveCode. Works on Windows, OSX, linux, LiveCode, MetaCard.

Fix coding problems painlessly and easily.  PowerDebug can pinpoint the exact place where your script has a problem. You've got better things to do than spend your time tracking down problems in your code - let PowerDebug do the hard work for you and let you concentrate on building world-class applications instead.

PowerDebug Key Features

  • Context switching allows you to view the calling handlers with all variables in that context all along the call stack.
  • Edit variables and array elements in a live debugging session.
  • Robust live debugging: you can now step your way through send statements.
  • Breakpoints: breakpoint statements and soft breakpoints from the script editor.
  • Display and edit system global variables while debugging.
  • Watched variables: break into the debugger when any code changes a variable's value.
  • Conditional breaks: break when a variable reaches a specific value. You can set a breakpoint to trigger when, for example, loopCounter=4 or tag="employee".
  • Detailed error reports: English language error descriptions rather than inscrutable numbers. The Runtime error display tells you exactly what happened when an error occurs and allows you to either drop into the debugger to examine the state of the program or go immediately to the script editor to fix things.
  • Debug standalone applications through the use of network sockets by adding one line of code and one substack to your application. You can ship your application to end-users with the debug module attached - it won't interfere with anything but it'll be there when you need to figure out what's happening with a standalone application.
  • Cross-platform debugging: run an application on OSX, debug with a Windows IDE, etc. Even works with Revlets.

New Version Recently Released 2.8.2012!