Debug plugins

When debugging a plugin, you will need to follow a slightly different set of steps depending on where you have made changes.

1. You have only made changes to a plugin.
2. You have made changes to a plugin which depend on corresponding changes to Blockly core.

Making changes to a plugin

1. Run npm install from the root of the blockly repo.
2. Navigate to your plugin's directory (e.g. `cd /packages/plugins/my-favorite-plugin).
3. Run npm start in the plugin's directory.

Making changes to a plugin and to blockly core

Sometimes when developing a plugin for blockly, you'll need to make corresponding changes in Blockly core (/packages/blockly/). To ensure that your plugin is able to use the changes you've made in core Blockly, you should first build blockly.

1. Run npm ci from the root of the blockly repo.
2. Run npm run build from the root of the blockly repo.
3. Navigate to your plugin's directory (e.g. `cd /packages/plugins/my-favorite-plugin).
4. Run npm start in the plugin's directory.

tip

If you make additional changes to Blockly core, you'll need to redo steps 2, 3, and 4.