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Asked: 2026-05-21T03:57:08+00:00

I wonder what the best way to test and debug facebook iframe applications locally

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I wonder what the best way to test and debug facebook iframe applications locally (using the facebook c# toolkit and the azure toolkit)?

When i try to debug it’s always starting the Compute Emulator on a different port.

Basically i want to have a special facebook iframe app pointing to a specific port on localhost (e.g. http://localhost:81) and after pushing the debug button that my app url (e.g. http://apps.facebook.com/myspecificappdev) is being started in my browser (with debug functionality).

I found this thread but unfortunatly this didn’t help me a lot: http://azuretoolkit.codeplex.com/discussions/207487

What’s the best way to debug such applications? Is their maybe a sample project which already has that part set up correctly?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Ok, here is what we do (at Thuzi). We set up an dedicated IIS web site for our code. We create a bogus domain like fbapp.mycompanysdomain.com and then we edit your machine’s (or other machine’s) Hosts file to point to the proper IP address. When we set up the site in IIS we use a host header which means that we don’t need to worry about port numbers. When we debug we simply attach to the process.

    So you point your web browser to the FB URL and it should always land on your web server (whether you are debugging locally or not). I know this sounds like a little more work, but it ends up being so much easier in the long run and better reflects what will ultimately happen. I realize if you are using any kind of storage then you will need to start that up, but it’s still a lot easier this way..

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