Debug Kotlin/JS code

Debug in browser

Most modern browsers provide tools that allow inspecting the page content and debugging the code that executes on it. Refer to your browser's documentation for more details.

To debug Kotlin/JS in the browser:

1. Run the project by calling one of the available run Gradle tasks, for example, browserDevelopmentRun or jsBrowserDevelopmentRun in a multiplatform project. Learn more about running Kotlin/JS.

2. Navigate to the page in the browser and launch its developer tools (for example, by right-clicking and selecting the Inspect action). Learn how to find the developer tools in popular browsers.

3. If your program is logging information to the console, navigate to the Console tab to see this output. Depending on your browser, these logs can reference the Kotlin source files and lines they come from:

4. Click the file reference on the right to navigate to the corresponding line of code. Alternatively, you can manually switch to the Sources tab and find the file you need in the file tree. Navigating to the Kotlin file shows you the regular Kotlin code (as opposed to minified JavaScript):

You can now start debugging the program. Set a breakpoint by clicking on one of the line numbers. The developer tools even support setting breakpoints within a statement. As with regular JavaScript code, any set breakpoints will persist across page reloads. This also makes it possible to debug Kotlin's main() method which is executed when the script is loaded for the first time.

Debug in the IDE

IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate provides a powerful set of tools for debugging code during development.

For debugging Kotlin/JS in IntelliJ IDEA, you'll need a JavaScript Debug configuration. To add such a debug configuration:

1. Go to Run | Edit Configurations.

2. Click + and select JavaScript Debug.

3. Specify the configuration Name and provide the URL on which the project runs (http://localhost:8080 by default).

4. Save the configuration.

Learn more about setting up JavaScript debug configurations.

Now you're ready to debug your project!

1. Run the project by calling one of the available run Gradle tasks, for example, browserDevelopmentRun or jsBrowserDevelopmentRun in a multiplatform project. Learn more about running Kotlin/JS.

2. Start the debugging session by running the JavaScript debug configuration you've created previously:

3. You can see the console output of your program in the Debug window in IntelliJ IDEA. The output items reference the Kotlin source files and lines they come from:

4. Click the file reference on the right to navigate to the corresponding line of code.

You can now start debugging the program using the whole set of tools that the IDE offers: breakpoints, stepping, expression evaluation, and more. Learn more about debugging in IntelliJ IDEA.

Debug in Node.js

If your project targets Node.js, you can debug it in this runtime.

To debug a Kotlin/JS application targeting Node.js:

1. Build the project by running the build Gradle task.

2. Find the resulting .js file for Node.js in the build/js/packages/your-module/kotlin/ directory inside your project's directory.

3. Debug it in Node.js as described in the Node.js Debugging Guide.

What's next?

Now that you know how to start debug sessions with your Kotlin/JS project, learn to make efficient use of the debugging tools:

• Learn how to debug JavaScript in Google Chrome

• Get familiar with IntelliJ IDEA JavaScript debugger

• Learn how to debug in Node.js.

If you run into any problems

If you face any issues with debugging Kotlin/JS, please report them to our issue tracker, YouTrack