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Rust, RR, Neovim: A perfect debug combination

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Re: Rust, RR, Neovim: A perfect debug combination

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Post by davidkunz »

DixieDev wrote: post #11

Anyone got other useful tools for debugging within (neo)vim? Just seamlessly putting down breakpoints, stepping through code execution, and getting a fully fledged debugging UI experience (a la Visual Studio or Remedy BG)? This is possibly the only thing I miss from developing on Windows, and it's a shame! EDIT: I specified 'within vim' but actually I'd be down for standalone Linux app recommendations too.

I use nvim-dap[1] in combination with jester[2] (by me) to run and debug Jest tests in my project, it works perfectly.

[1]: https://github.com/mfussenegger/nvim-dap

[2]: https://github.com/David-Kunz/jester

Re: Rust, RR, Neovim: A perfect debug combination

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Post by qbasic_forever »

DixieDev wrote: post #11

Anyone got other useful tools for debugging within (neo)vim? Just seamlessly putting down breakpoints, stepping through code execution, and getting a fully fledged debugging UI experience (a la Visual Studio or Remedy BG)? This is possibly the only thing I miss from developing on Windows, and it's a shame! EDIT: I specified 'within vim' but actually I'd be down for standalone Linux app recommendations too.

VS code plus its vim key binding plugin. The neovim plugin world is just way too unstable in my experience.

Re: Rust, RR, Neovim: A perfect debug combination

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Post by nu11ptr »

I personally have never used a debugger in Rust. Logging and printing has typically been enough.

For those use cases where it is tough to see the output (tests, windows services, etc.) I wrote the `rdbg` set of crates. It is essentially identical to `dbg!` and `println!` macros, but delivers messages via a TCP socket to a simple command-line viewer (which can be on the same machine or remote). The design is such that it can be enabled and used the first time within a minute or two for "quick and dirty debugging". It can just as quickly be removed or turned into a no-op with a Rust feature.

Dependency: https://crates.io/crates/rdbg

Viewer: https://crates.io/crates/rdbg-view

EDIT: Apparently I need to update the README as I added the 'msgf' and 'valsf' macros that include auto-flush which is handy for short running programs where explicit flush doesn't work due to failing program/etc.

Re: Rust, RR, Neovim: A perfect debug combination

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Post by tihal »

serial_dev wrote: post #22

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Re: Rust, RR, Neovim: A perfect debug combination

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Post by zteppenwolf »

tihal wrote: post #27
serial_dev wrote: post #22

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I just hope Rust won't end up being forked tho. We had such an amazing community around it...
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