Debugging mocha tests run by gulp in Intellij Idea

Question

I have the following configuration in my gulpfile.js:

gulp.task('spec', function() {
  gulp.src('spec/runner.html')
    .pipe(mocha({reporter: 'dot'}))
})

When I run nodejs inside IntelliJ Idea, the scripts files imported by spec/runner.html are not loaded by the IDE and therefore the breakpoints are ignored. Is there a solution to this?

Answer 1

In your run configuration options, for "JavaScript file" put the value:

node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp.js

Then put your gulp parameters in the "Application parameters".

WebStorm 9 EAP has native gulp integration, but this works until that is final.