Given TMS WEB Core is based on a Pascal to Javascript compiler with the Javascript code running in the browser, there is not a direct way to debug the code from the Delphi IDE. From the IDE, the Javascript code is generated and the browser is launched with the HTML page URL. After launching the browser, there is no further interaction between the IDE and the browser. Of course, since modern browsers come with a Javascript debugger integrated, you can debug the web applications this way directly from the browser. Of course, debugging this way means you need to need to be familiar with Javascript and figure out how the Javascript you step through corresponds to the Pascal code in your web application. Although this is still a possible way to debug, the Pascal to Javascript compiler provides for a way easier method to debug your code as original Pascal code when using the Google Chrome or the Mozilla Firefox browser debugger.
So, when you launch your web application in debug mode, with the help of an automatic generated map file, the Google browser debugger allows you to step through your original Pascal source code, inspect values, use watches, set breakpoints etc.. pretty much the same way as you would do from the Delphi IDE. So, all in all, this offers excellent debugging facilities for your web applications when using the Google Chrome browser or Mozilla Firefox browser.
So, with TMS WEB Core, if you compile in debug mode, this extra map file is generated that allows you to debug from the browser in Pascal code and when you compile in release mode, this map file is not generated and your Pascal code is not visible to users.
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TMS RADical WEB, debugging your code
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