Deployed builds
When tracking down a bug, first check if the issue you are noticing also exists in master or just your branch. Use dev.graphite.rs which should always deploy the lastest commit on master. By comparison, editor.graphite.rs is manually updated every few days or weeks to ensure stability. Use Help > About Graphite in the editor to view the build's commit hash.
Printing to the console
Use the browser console (F12) to check for warnings and errors. Use the Rust macro debug!("A debug message"); to print to the browser console. These statements should be for temporary debugging. Remove them before committing to master. Print-based debugging is necessary because breakpoints are not supported in WebAssembly.
Additional print statements are available that should be committed.
error!()is for descriptive user-facing error messages arising from a bugwarn!()is for non-critical problems that likely indicate a bug somewheretrace!()is for verbose logs of ordinary internal activity, hidden by default
To show trace!() logs, activate Help > Debug: Print Trace Logs.
Message system logs
To also view logs of the messages dispatched by the message system, activate Help > Debug: Print Messages > Only Names. Or use Full Contents for more verbose insight with the actual data being passed. This is an invaluable window into the activity of the message flow and works well together with debug!() printouts for tracking down message-related issues.
Node/layer and document IDs
In debug mode, hover over a layer's name in the Layers panel, or a layer/node in the node graph, to view a tooltip with its ID. Likewise, document IDs may be read by hovering over their tabs.