$dbg
A magic helper to assist in debugging Alpine.js components.
Usage
The helper automatically unwraps the alpine properties and prints them to the browser console.
<div x-data="{ foo: 'bar', baz: { bob: 'qux' } }">
<button @click="$dbg(foo, baz)">Debug</button>
</div>Installation
This helper is part of alpine-collective/toolkit. If you have already installed the main library, you won't need to do anything else. If you desire to install the helper as a standalone packacage, follow the steps below.
CDN
Include the following <script> tag in the <head> of your document, before Alpine:
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@alpine-collective/toolkit-dbg@1.0.2/dist/cdn.min.js" defer></script>or
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@alpine-collective/toolkit-dbg@1.0.2/dist/cdn.min.js" defer></script>NPM
If you would like to bundle the plugin yourself, install it via NPM:
npm install @alpine-collective/toolkit-dbg --save-devYou can then register the plugin with Alpine:
import Alpine from 'alpinejs'
import Dbg from '@alpine-collective/toolkit-dbg'
Alpine.plugin(Dbg)
Alpine.start()