Warning: Debug contexts impose a significant performance penalty (due to waiting for the GPU after each WebGL call to check error codes) and should not be used in production builds.

luma.gl is pre-integrated with the Khronos group's WebGL debug tools (the WebGLDeveloperTools) and can use these to "instrument" WebGLRenderingContexts.

The WebGLDeveloperTools are automatically installed when luma.gl is installed, but are not actually bundled into the application unless explicitly imported. This avoids impacting the size of production bundles built on luma.gl that typically do not need debug support.

To use debug support, first import the debug tools, then call createGLContext or instrumentGLContext from @luma.gl/gltools to create a debug context:

import {createGLContext} from '@luma.gl/gltools';
import '@luma.gl/debug';
const gl = createGLContext(gl, {debug: true});

If the debug tools haven't been imported, both funcitons will print a warning and simply return the original context, so the debug code can be left in the applicatin even when debug support is not imported.

Debug contexts perform the following:

Detects WebGL Errors - Check the WebGL error status after each WebGL call and throws an exception if an error was detected, taking care to extract helpful information into the error message.
Checks WebGL Parameters - Ensure that WebGL parameters are set to valid values.