The following code behaves strange and I try to understand why:
NonAdminHttp.EnsureCanListenToWhenInNonAdminContext(8080);
EmbeddableDocumentStore db = new EmbeddableDocumentStore();
db.DataDirectory = @"C:\Google Drive\TradingFramework\RavenDatabase\";
db.UseEmbeddedHttpServer = true;
db.Initialize();
bool halt = true;
Console.WriteLine("Read to try server");
Console.ReadLine();
The code above "bool halt" initializes a RavenDB database but I it is irrelevant what it does for the purpose of this question. I ran 2 scenarios:
a) put a break point in Debug mode within VS2012 at the line bool halt = true;. At that point I am supposed to be having access to a created web server listening on localhost:8080. That is not the case. Even putting a wait loop into the code before the break points does not make a difference, nor does a Thread.Sleep(xxx).
b) I removed the breakpoint and code execution halts and waits for user input at line Console.ReadLine();. In this case the server at localhost:8080 responds and works just fine.
Why is that the case? Why is something not executing when I set a break point vs Console.Readline()? Please note I am strictly just testing/developing but I try to understand what difference it makes? I was always under the impression a) and b) is one and the same, it interrupts code execution.
Console.Readline() doesn't break execution, it just waits for input from the user. Other threads in the application continue to run as normal.
A break-point actually stops execution to allow you to look at the state of the application. In this state all threads a paused so there's nothing to respond to port 8080.
You could open a command prompt and type nestat -a, in which case you should see in either scenario that there's a process listening on port 8080.