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I read this awesome technique about remote debugging a Chrome browser instance from another Chrome browser instance,

I am wondering if it's possible to do this with a Chromebook.

How can I debug a Chromebook remotely the same way I can debug Chrome on Android?

AlexStack
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  • Why would you need to do this? – Huey Jun 06 '15 at 00:08
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    Because I needed to debug a chrome extension that behaved differently on desktop and chromebook. Eventually I discovered that it is due to the fact that on windows the file names are not case sensitive (unlike the linux-based chromebook), so the Javascript files were not being loaded properly. – AlexStack Jun 08 '15 at 14:06
  • Couldn't you have used the inspector tools on the Chromebook itself? – Huey Jun 09 '15 at 01:00
  • Yes, eventually I did but it wasn't as smooth as debugging locally (with file editing, etc.) – AlexStack Jun 09 '15 at 11:13
  • Oh, did you know there are decent text editors and other development tools available on Chromebooks? – Huey Jun 09 '15 at 11:15
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    Yeah but my Chromebook is kinda crappy and I rather use my big dual screen monitor and ergonomic keyboard and mouse that is attached to my main machine instead of doing the actual code editing on the Chromebook. I like to debug Chrome remotely. Even IE allows remote debugging using Chrome dev tools: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2015/04/02/introducing-the-ie-diagnostics-adapter-for-third-party-developer-tools.aspx The choice of IDE can be quite objective. I don't want to change my IDE for every target device. – AlexStack Jun 09 '15 at 11:28

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