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I have tried searching for this for no avail. I have writing javascript to drive dynamic creation of MaxMSP objects, and I haven't figured out how to debug the javascript running in MaxMSP. I need your awesome help! :)

I have tried searching for this for no avail.  I have writing javascript to drive dynamic creation of MaxMSP objects, and I haven't figured out how to debug the javascript running in MaxMSP.  I need your awesome help! :)


newbie-question-how-do-you-debug-javascript-in-maxmsp

what part isn't working? I generally make a small script that illustrates that I'm doing it right, then expand it from there.

I use post() statements to print out my scripts progress to the Max window....if things aren't working, you can see how far the script has progressed before you run into a problem.

One issue with this method: if the error is in a nested function, it won't print out as expected. It is easy enough to create a debug function that can easily be turned off when your not using it:

and then call that function just like you would a post statement:

debug('got to this point in the script');

Of course this only works with strings. You'd have to build something more elegant to deal with mixed messages(i.e. arrays).

One issue with this method:  if the error is in a nested function, it won't print out as expected.  It is easy enough to create a debug function that can easily be turned off when your not using it:

function debug(message)
{
    if(var debug == 1)
    {
         post(message);
    }
}

Of course this only works with strings.  You'd have to build something more elegant to deal with mixed messages(i.e. arrays).

Newbie Question: How do you debug Javascript in MaxMSP?