devtools

@liteforge/devtools

Debug panel for LiteForge applications with signal inspection, store time-travel, and performance monitoring.

Installation

npm install @liteforge/devtools @liteforge/core

Peer dependency: @liteforge/core >= 0.1.0

Setup

import { defineApp } from '@liteforge/runtime'
import { devtoolsPlugin } from '@liteforge/devtools'

defineApp({
  plugins: [
    devtoolsPlugin({
      shortcut: 'ctrl+shift+d',  // Toggle shortcut
      position: 'bottom',         // 'bottom' | 'right' | 'left'
      height: 300,                // Panel height in pixels
      defaultTab: 'signals'       // Initial tab
    })
  ]
}).mount(App)

Features

The devtools panel has five tabs:

Signals Tab

• View all active signals and their current values
• See update counts for each signal
• Track dependency relationships
• Filter by signal name

Stores Tab

• Inspect all registered stores
• View current state tree
• Time-travel debugging — restore any previous state
• Track state changes over time

Router Tab

• View navigation history
• See guard execution results
• Monitor route timing
• Inspect current route params and query

Components Tab

• Component tree visualization
• Mount/unmount tracking
• Component instance counts
• Lifecycle timing

Performance Tab

• Signal updates per second
• Effect executions
• Component mount/unmount rate
• Memory usage indicators

API

devtoolsPlugin

Creates the devtools plugin for defineApp.

import { devtoolsPlugin } from '@liteforge/devtools'

devtoolsPlugin({
  // Keyboard shortcut to toggle panel
  shortcut: 'ctrl+shift+d',
  
  // Panel position
  position: 'bottom',  // 'bottom' | 'right' | 'left'
  
  // Panel size
  height: 300,         // For bottom position
  width: 400,          // For left/right position
  
  // Initial tab
  defaultTab: 'signals',
  
  // Enable in production (default: false)
  enableInProduction: false,
  
  // Buffer size for events
  bufferSize: 1000
})

createDevTools

For standalone usage without defineApp:

import { createDevTools } from '@liteforge/devtools'
import { storeRegistry } from '@liteforge/store'

const devtools = createDevTools({
  stores: storeRegistry,
  shortcut: 'ctrl+shift+d'
})

// Manual control
devtools.show()
devtools.hide()
devtools.toggle()
devtools.destroy()

Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+Shift+D	Toggle panel (default)
Escape	Close panel
1-5	Switch tabs (when panel focused)

Time-Travel Debugging

The Stores tab supports time-travel debugging:

1. Make changes to store state
2. Open the Stores tab
3. See state history with timestamps
4. Click any history entry to restore that state

// State changes are automatically recorded
userStore.actions.login(user)
userStore.actions.updateProfile(profile)

// In devtools, you can:
// - See each state change
// - Click to restore any previous state
// - Continue from that point

Conditional Loading

Only load devtools in development:

import { defineApp } from '@liteforge/runtime'

const plugins = []

if (import.meta.env.DEV) {
  const { devtoolsPlugin } = await import('@liteforge/devtools')
  plugins.push(devtoolsPlugin())
}

defineApp({ plugins }).mount(App)

Custom Panels

Extend devtools with custom panels (advanced):

import { createDevTools } from '@liteforge/devtools'

const devtools = createDevTools({
  stores: storeRegistry,
  customPanels: [
    {
      id: 'network',
      label: 'Network',
      render: () => {
        // Return DOM element
        const div = document.createElement('div')
        div.innerHTML = '<h3>Network Requests</h3>'
        return div
      }
    }
  ]
})

Types

import type {
  DevToolsConfig,
  DevToolsInstance,
  PanelPosition,
  TabId,
  PanelState,
  SignalInfo,
  StoreInfo,
  StoreHistoryEntry,
  NavigationInfo,
  ComponentInfo,
  PerformanceCounters
} from '@liteforge/devtools'

License

MIT