DEBUGGER

Golang debugger graphical user interface. Built on Delve debugger. It aims to provide a similar user experience to Chrome developer tools.

Features

• Source code view
• Breakpoints (Add, remove, activate, deactivate)
• Disassmbly panel
• Watches
• List of functions
• List of types
• List of Open files by the process
• Show Process ID
• Shows Process current working directory
• Compiles go module executable or tests
• Recompile and restart the process when changes are detected
• Stack trace panel, listing all go routines
• List of packages, and links to package documentation
• List of source files
• Memory statistics

Supported OSs

• Linux: tested on Archlinux machine with go-1.19/amd64

Installation

Prerequisites

• Project depends on Gio package. make sure you install it's dependencies https://gioui.org/doc/install
• Install debugger latest version using go install

go install github.com/emad-elsaid/debugger@latest

Getting Started

Debug binary

debugger run <package-path> <compile-arguments> -- <runtime-argument>

• arguments before -- is passed to go build command.
• arguments after -- is passed to your program.

Examples:

Compile and debug the package in current directory

debugger run .

Compile and debug package in cmd/cli/ directory

debugger run ./cmd/cli/

Compile and debug current package and pass --secure=false to the program

debugger run . -- --secure=false

Test binary

debugger test <package-path> <compile-arguments> -- <runtime-argument>

Dependencies

• fsnotify
• Delve
• Gioui

Contributing

Code contributions

• Fork
• Branch
• Add proof of concept for your feature to get the conversation started
• Open Pull request with your changes
• Discuss the idea and the POC
• Continue until the PR is in a good shape for merging

Feature requests

• Open an issue with the idea state the following:
  • Problem statement
  • List of solutions
  • Preferred solution
  • Why this solution was choosen?

License

This project is published under the MIT license