Perhaps a noob question but, has anyone been able to run a SS.2 suitelet through the debugger?

Are you finding the NS debugger worth the trouble overall? I'm still not convinced... and your mention above doesn't inspire more confidence.

I use the debugger regularly and have done so with Suitelets. I often forget that I need to be the script owner to use the debugger. And with Suitelets, I often make a separate deployment for testing which does change the URL slightly.

I dont use the new 2.1 debugger much, I think its in beta. Every time I used it was in chrome and I wait for the new page to open

2.1 debugger is out of beta, it used to be pretty slow loading while in beta but its better now

are you guys finding source level debugging to be very useful? When I started with SuiteScript I was appalled that source level debugging wasn't available. However in practice I find that my decomposition of the problem in to small functions combined with autologging and strategic placement of a log message or two is quite effective at debugging. Basically, I'm not finding many times when I feel the need to 'step through' code. Do you find scripting a different experience?

I use the debugger when I have run out of ideas as to why something is failing or I am getting an unexpected value. Sometimes a line throws an exception that I didn't expect

ah yes, I see it much less often than in times past, but UNEXPECTED_ERROR is always a fun one- and I could see source level debugging helping there. Though it seems most often those errors happen inside execution of an API call like

record.save()

and I presume you can't step into that

save()

call?

Also I like using debugger when I want to implement a soap request or a file.load and parse an xml. Never figured a better way than the debugger for doing this

Is the owner in the script record the same as the user that is logged in the debugger?

@stalbert,I'm with you .. its been years since I needed/wanted to use the debugger. I was happy at what I saw in the 2.1 Chrome debugger though. Its nice to know its there. I found it a useful tool for onboarding a new developer into a complex code base. It was like a 'follow along' tutorial.

let me know what you think after that experience

No, I haven't