# Debugging Ionic Apps

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/debugging-ionic-apps/113241>\
**Category:** ionic-v3\
**Created:** [November 24, 2017, 9:08am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/debugging-ionic-apps/113241 "2017-11-24T09:08:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Vartex05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bbce88/32.png) [@Vartex05](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/Vartex05)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2017, 9:08am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/debugging-ionic-apps/113241/1 "2017-11-24T09:08:26Z")

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Iam little confused about proper way to debug ionic apps, so far iam using ionic serve, or ionic run, and then i debug in developer tools(usually with console.log()). But this not seems like a right way to do this. I cant use steps and break points, and i cant see the typescript files and html templates in sources in developer tools. I saw that it cant be somehow done, that i can see it all and not only main.js , vendor.js and so on. Can u give me some advices about this? How u debug your apps? Or are there any best practises for this?

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**Author:** ![Tommertom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Tommertom](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/Tommertom)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2017, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/debugging-ionic-apps/113241/2 "2017-11-24T09:37:59Z")

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> [@Source Maps not Appearing in Chrome Dev Tools on \`ionic serve\`](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/source-maps-not-appearing-in-chrome-dev-tools-on-ionic-serve/86855/3):
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> I have also noticed that source maps are not appearing for me. Both on Chrome and Firefox on MacOS $ ionic info global packages: @ionic/cli-utils : 1.4.0 Ionic CLI : 3.4.0 local packages: @ionic/app-scripts : 1.3.7 @ionic/cli-plugin-ionic-angular : 1.3.1 Ionic Framework : ionic-angular 3.4.2 System: Node : v7.10.0 OS : macOS Sierra Xcode : Xcode 8.3.3 Build version 8E3004b ios-deploy : not installe…

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**Author:** ![mhartington](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/mhartington/32/137757_2.png) [@mhartington](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/mhartington)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/debugging-ionic-apps/113241/3 "2021-07-19T22:02:17Z")

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