[Tom Scott]

Hi,

I am a long time user of myeclipse pro and blue. I just purchased myeclipse pro 2013 sr2 for my mac book pro running maverick and I am unable to debug JavaScript which was one of the key reasons for the purchase. I have seen posts about. Cocoa and disabling validates and frankly I,m confused about the status of the JavaScript debugger and disappointed that things aren’t simply working as advertised. My intent is to keep an open mind and assume that I’m just missing a step or a configuration detail. Please, can you tell me what I will need to do to get JavaScript debugging within myeclipse working on the mac.

Thanks

[support-pradeep]

tomscott,

I have escalated your concern to a dev team member. They will get back to you soon.

[support-tony]

Tom,

I’m sorry you’re seeing this problem. I’m afraid that JavaScript debugging is not available for Cocoa platforms. Unfortunately, MyEclipse 2013 does not run on a Carbon windowing system (as eclipse 3.8, on which it is based, does not support it).

The JS debugger is based on xulrunner technology that is unfortunately incompatible with Cocoa. We are working on a new JS debugger that will support more modern browsers, JavaScript and more efficient use cases/flows.

For now, the only workaround is to use an earlier release of MyEclipse (the 10.7.1 release is still available from our downloads page). This would have to be installed, clicking the Carbon 32 bit option during installation. You will also have to enable JS Debugging which isn’t enabled by default. It can be enabled by going to “MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench”->Preferences->General->Capabilities, clicking the Advanced button, opening the MyEclipse Professional Tools node and enabling the “JavaScript Debugging Support” option. Note that enabling this on MyEclipse 2013 will pop up a dialog when trying to use JS debugging, with a misleading message about the platforms on which the feature is supported.

Please let us know if this helps.

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