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I want a stand-alone editor and debugger, basically an IDE for JavaScript. I am presently using a mix of just running stand-alone scripts on the command line and editing them in Notepad++, and sometimes the Scratchpad that comes in Firefox Developer tools.

But the Debugger in Firefox Developer Tools does not show me the sources from ScratchPad. How do I make it show them?

Besides, I am unable to set breakpoints in the ScratchPad editor.

Aakash
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    This is not a tool recommendation question. It asks how to use a specific programming tool for a specific task. – meskobalazs Aug 02 '16 at 09:39
  • This question does kind of have the answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18364124/how-to-watch-variables-in-the-firefox-scratchpad. Even if it is not good news. – meskobalazs Aug 02 '16 at 09:45
  • Possible duplicate of [How can I debug my JavaScript code?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/988363/how-can-i-debug-my-javascript-code) – Liam Aug 02 '16 at 09:48
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    No, it is not a duplicate of the much broader question of "how can I debug my Javascript" and yes this kind of question does have an answer. I came here specifically because I wanted to find out if I could set break points in Scratchpad, and had the question more or less answered (only through the "debugger" keyword). So it was of use to me. – unleash.it Feb 07 '18 at 21:41

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This issue was fixed in Firefox 47 (see bug 1252077), you can now use debugger; statements in your Scratchpad code or set breakpoints directly in the Debugger. The Scratchpad script's source should appear there after you have run the script at least once. Make sure you have Dev Tools open.

It's a bit awkward though since Scratchpad scripts don't update in the Debugger window after they were modified in the Scratchpad, you need to refresh the page you're on first or use Execute → Reload and Run in the Scratchpad.

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Scratchpad works great except I can't figure out how to access the breakpoint scope in it. Anyone have an idea how to do that? Was automatic in Firebug.

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