Node-Inspector debugger Runtime.getProperties failed. Can't see values of variables

Question

I must be missing something really basic here but I am not seeing the values of variables inside or outside of functions using node-inspector.

UPDATE: I am on node --version -> v0.10.35
Also I think maybe someone else has similar problem without an answer yet :

node-inspector shows 'No Properties' for objects

I am seeing the same as this error:

Runtime.getProperties failed. ReferenceError: includeSource is not defined #461 https://github.com/node-inspector/node-inspector/issues/461 Is this still an issue? I just 'npm installed node-inspector' 0.8.3 and downloaded chrome Version 39.0.2171.65 (64-bit), but I cannot see the values of variables.

I have a simple javascript program called test.js

         var test1 = 'test';
         debugger;
         console.log(test1);

Then I run:

 node --debug-brk test.js

Followed by:

node-inspector Node Inspector v0.8.3 Visit http://127.0.0.1:8080/debug?port=5858 to start debugging.

breaking on line 1,2 or 3 and I always see this error. No values shown for the variables variables. I also found this to be the case inside functions.

Answer 1

That issue number (#461) you referenced is correct, you either have to downgrade node itself to <=0.10.33 or >=0.10.36. I personally had some problems with 0.10.36, but node-inspector is working for me again in 0.10.37.

In addition, you can use Node Version Manager to quickly install and switch between several versions of node.