Debug gulp
I had a gulp build unhelpfully finishing with:
(node:12030) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: null
(node:12030) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). (rejection id: 1)
(node:12030) [DEP0018] DeprecationWarning: Unhandled promise rejections are deprecated. In the future, promise rejections that are not handled will terminate the Node.js process with a non-zero exit code.
So I added this to my gulpfile:
process.on('unhandledRejection', (reason, p) => {
console.log('Unhandled Rejection at: Promise', p, ', reason:', reason);
});
which netted me this:
Unhandled Rejection at: Promise Promise {
<rejected> null,
domain:
Domain {
domain: null,
_events: { error: [Object] },
_eventsCount: 1,
_maxListeners: undefined,
members: [] } } reason: null
Not much better.
Let’s try debugging gulp! How do I do that again?
In VS Code, let’s create a debug configuration that is brain-bashingly simple. Add this to launch.json:
{
"type": "node",
"request": "attach",
"name": "Attach to Remote",
"address": "127.0.0.1",
"port": 9229,
"localRoot": "${workspaceFolder}/resources",
"remoteRoot": "Absolute path to the remote directory containing the program"
}
Now launch gulp with some options. I’m using npx here because I detest npm install -g:
$ npx -n --inspect-brk gulp build
This process will now wait until VS Code attaches. At which time, do check the “Uncaught Exceptions” box in the breakpoint section of the debug panel.
Press play, and .. there it is. A much clearer picture of what tipped over. I feel so much better.
(Hope this helps, future self)