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Feature Request: Debug Shiny App (for R shiny)
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Description
Loving Positron and the extensions so far but one area where the experience is a step backward compared to RStudio is debugging R shiny apps. Being able to set breakpoints within reactives is incredible useful when developing non-trivial apps. Would be great to have debugging capabilities for R shiny apps in addition to Python shiny apps.
Related to:
https://github.com/posit-dev/shiny-vscode/issues/12
https://github.com/posit-dev/shiny-vscode/pull/17
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Research direction
Start by reading the related shiny-vscode issue #12 and pull request #17 to understand the existing Python Shiny debugging work. Determine the scope needed for R Shiny apps, including breakpoints within reactives; done means R Shiny debugging is supported alongside Python Shiny debugging.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- r
- Domain
- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100