open inspector when running in dev mode

Author: Didericis

cmd/run.js

@@ -246,6 +246,18 @@ module.exports = (ipc) =>
       })
     })
 
+    // open the inspector when in devmode
+    // (except if we're opening the pear://runtime app to avoid loop)
+    const PEAR_RUNTIME_KEY = constants.ALIASES.runtime.toString('hex')
+
+    if (flags.dev && key !== PEAR_RUNTIME_KEY) {
+      const inspectorKey = (await ipc.inspect()).toString('hex')
+      daemon(constants.RUNTIME, [
+        'run',
+        `pear://${PEAR_RUNTIME_KEY}/dev?${inspectorKey}`
+      ])
+    }
+
     return new Promise((resolve) => global.Pear.teardown(resolve, Infinity))
   }
 

examples/desktop/index.js

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 import Runtime from 'pear-electron'
 import Bridge from 'pear-bridge'
 import updates from 'pear-updates'
+import bareInspector from 'bare-inspector'
+import { Inspector } from 'pear-inspect'
+
 
 updates((update) => {
   console.log('Application update available:', update)
@@ -14,6 +17,10 @@ const runtime = new Runtime()
 const pipe = await runtime.start({ bridge })
 pipe.on('close', () => Pear.exit())
 
+const inspector = new Inspector({ inspector: bareInspector })
+const inspectorKey = await inspector.enable() // Pass the public key to the Session
+console.log(`Add this key to Pear Runtime: ${inspectorKey.toString('hex')}`)
+
 pipe.on('data', (data) => {
   const cmd = Buffer.from(data).toString()
   if (cmd === 'hello from ui') pipe.write('sweet bidirectionality')

examples/desktop/package.json

@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@
     }
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "bare-inspector": "^5.0.0",
     "brittle": "^3.0.0",
+    "pear-inspect": "^1.2.5",
     "pear-interface": "^1.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "pear-bridge": "^1.2.1",
-    "pear-electron": "^1.7.20",
+    "pear-electron": "^1.7.25",
     "pear-messages": "^1.0.3",
     "pear-pipe": "^1.0.1",
     "pear-updates": "^1.0.1"