Debugging your JavaScript with Edge

Debugging is one of the essential skills a developer needs to master when building JavaScript extensions. This recipe covers the steps required to debug your extensions using Microsoft Edge.

Getting ready

To get ready, you'll need a form that calls a custom JavaScript function. You can use the Graduation Details client-side customization from the first recipe in this chapter as an example. Ensure the Graduation Details entity is accessible from the Sales module.

You can do so by ticking the Sales checkbox in the entity configuration general tab. You will also need the Edge browser (available by default on Windows 10 and above). If you prefer Internet Explorer, the two browsers have very similar debugging interfaces.

How to do it...

1. Navigate to an entity that has a form that uses your JavaScript using Edge (in our example, Sales | Graduation Details).
2. Open an existing record by double-clicking one from the list, or create a new one by click on the + New option...