Debugging

Published on
April 3, 2023
Self Identifying JavaScript Source Maps: The Case for Debug IDs
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What is a self identifying file, what are debug IDs and why do we want a fundamental change in the web ecosystem for source maps.
Published on
July 16, 2019
Building Sentry: Source maps and their problems
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Other than Python, JavaScript is the oldest platform that Sentry properly supports, which makes sense considering many Python services (including Sentry itself) have a JavaScript front-end. The system that almost everybody uses to debug transpiled code (and the hopefully apparent subject of this blog post) is source maps. Today, we want to focus on some of the their shortcomings and why source maps cause problems for platforms like Sentry.