can this be a express module

[cooolbasha]

instead of calling as node-thesus app.js can I call as nodemon app.js with the option to call the thesus based on a flag within the app.js

[alltom]

Mostly. You can use the node-theseus module just like the node-theseus wrapper does. However, it works by hooking into require, so if you do it from within app.js, app.js won't be instrumented.

[cooolbasha]

what does the launch do..it has an fork and spawn

[alltom]

The only necessary part of launch() is the last line, require(scriptPath). The rest is defense against programmer errors & misconceptions.

[cooolbasha]

I am newby...sorry about the asking basic question..where are you calling node app.js. I assume that require(scriptPath) is require 'app.js' you have a web server created and how is the connection from app.js / other files done from ... is throuhg the instrumentation thing...what is the sms install doing..

[alltom]

Don't worry about it!

Yes, scriptPath ends up being the (full) path to app.js, and requiring a file executes it. Since beginInstrumentation has added a hook to instrument any .js files that get required, app.js will be instrumented.

listen() starts a WebSocket server that Brackets connects to to get debugging information from your program.

sms is the source-map-support module required at the top of the file. It uses source maps to print stack traces containing the original source code instead of the instrumented source code.

[alltom]

Your initial question, "can this be a express module" makes me wonder if we aren't going down the wrong path.

I started fondue-middleware so that I could drop that into any Connect/Express server and have all the JavaScript be instrumented. Look at bin/fondue-proxy and bin/fondue-server for examples. I can't remember if I finished it, but it seemed to work just now, so I pushed it to npm. :) You won't be able to debug the page with Brackets without some additional work, but you'll be able to use fondue's API directly on the page.

[cooolbasha]

what do you mean by instrumenting

[alltom]

Basically, this.