Firefox Operating System: Finally Launched at Mobile Congress 2013

Re:Firefox Operating System: Finally Launched at Mobile Cong... by pifflesnort on Sunday March 10, 2013 @12:33AM (#5350868)

> You can debug code on it of course, the right approach would be to use the JS debuggers that all web browsers now have, with SourceMaps support.

That's not really a replacement for a real language and architecture-(VM or otherwise)-aware debugger.

> That means it can use existing JS debugging, profiling, etc.

Which is a problem, because all of that stuff is awful compared to the state of the art of modern desktop and mobile tooling.

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Re:Firefox Operating System: Finally Launched at Mobile Cong... by azakai on Sunday March 10, 2013 @12:45AM (#5350890)

Matter of opinion, I actually prefer to debug C-compiled-to-JS than C-compiled-to-native these days. Mainly because I can script debugging procedures directly in the JS source and just run them.

But sure, if you prefer gdb or such, then the web platform is not going to be a perfect match for you.

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