diff --git a/doc/learning/testing_components.md b/doc/learning/testing_components.md
index 6e4cb392..61c358b5 100644
--- a/doc/learning/testing_components.md
+++ b/doc/learning/testing_components.md
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-# 🦉 Testing and Debugging Owl components 🦉
+# 🦉 Testing Owl components 🦉
 
 ## Content
 
 - [Overview](#overview)
 - [Unit Tests](#unit-tests)
-- [Debugging](#debugging)
 
 ## Overview
 
@@ -131,81 +130,3 @@ function afterUpdates() {
   });
 }
 ```
-
-## Debugging
-
-Non trivial applications become quickly more difficult to understand. It is then
-useful to have a solid understanding of what is going on. To help with that,
-the following code can simply be copy/pasted in an application. Once it is
-executed, it will log a lot of information on each component main hooks.
-
-```js
-let current;
-Object.defineProperty(owl.Component, "current", {
-  get() {
-    return current;
-  },
-  set(comp) {
-    current = comp;
-    const name = comp.constructor.name;
-    let __owl__;
-    Object.defineProperty(current, "__owl__", {
-      get() {
-        return __owl__;
-      },
-      set(val) {
-        __owl__ = val;
-        debugComponent(comp, name, __owl__.id);
-      }
-    });
-  }
-});
-
-function toStr(props) {
-  let str = JSON.stringify(props || {});
-  if (str.length > 200) {
-    str = str.slice(0, 200) + "...";
-  }
-  return str;
-}
-
-function debugComponent(component, name, id) {
-  console.log(`[DEBUG] constructor ${name}<id=${id}>, props=${toStr(component.props)}`);
-  owl.hooks.onWillStart(() => {
-    console.log(`[DEBUG] willStart: '${name}<id=${id}>'`);
-  });
-  owl.hooks.onMounted(() => {
-    console.log(`[DEBUG] mounted: '${name}<id=${id}>'`);
-  });
-  owl.hooks.onWillUpdateProps(nextProps => {
-    console.log(`[DEBUG] willUpdateProps: '${name}<id=${id}> nextprops=${toStr(nextProps)}`);
-  });
-  owl.hooks.onWillPatch(() => {
-    console.log(`[DEBUG] willPatch: '${name}<id=${id}>'`);
-  });
-  owl.hooks.onPatched(() => {
-    console.log(`[DEBUG] patched: '${name}<id=${id}>'`);
-  });
-  owl.hooks.onWillUnmount(() => {
-    console.log(`[DEBUG] willUnmount: '${name}<id=${id}>'`);
-  });
-  const __render = component.__render.bind(component);
-  component.__render = function(...args) {
-    console.log(`[DEBUG] rendering template: '${name}<id=${id}>'`);
-    __render(...args);
-  };
-  const render = component.render.bind(component);
-  component.render = function(...args) {
-    console.log(`[DEBUG] render: '${name}<id=${id}>'`);
-    return render(...args);
-  };
-  const mount = component.mount.bind(component);
-  component.mount = function(...args) {
-    console.log(`[DEBUG] mount: '${name}<id=${id}>'`);
-    return mount(...args);
-  };
-}
-```
-
-Note that it is certainly useful to run this code at some point in an application,
-just to get a feel of what each user action implies, for the framework.
diff --git a/doc/readme.md b/doc/readme.md
index cbf253d9..5fdc87f1 100644
--- a/doc/readme.md
+++ b/doc/readme.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 - [Quick Start: create an (almost) empty Owl application](learning/quick_start.md)
 - [Tutorial: create a TodoList application](learning/tutorial_todoapp.md)
-- [Testing and Debugging Owl components](learning/testing_components.md)
+- [Testing Owl components](learning/testing_components.md)
 
 ## Miscellaneous
 
diff --git a/doc/tooling.md b/doc/tooling.md
index 19b1f97d..57bd37d8 100644
--- a/doc/tooling.md
+++ b/doc/tooling.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 - [Playground](#playground)
 - [Benchmarks](#benchmarks)
 - [Single File Component](#single-file-component)
+- [Debugging Script](#debugging-script)
 
 ## Overview
 
@@ -78,3 +79,29 @@ Note that the above example has an inline xml comment, just after the `xml` call
 This is useful for some editor plugins, such as the VS Code addon
 `Comment tagged template`, which, if installed, add syntax highlighting to the
 content of the template string.
+
+## Debugging Script
+
+## Debugging
+
+Non trivial applications become quickly more difficult to understand. It is then
+useful to have a solid understanding of what is going on. To help with that,
+logging useful information is extremely valuable. There is a [javascript file](../tools/debug.js) which can be evaluated in an application.
+
+Once it is executed, it will log a lot of information on each component main hooks. The following code is a minified version to make it easier to copy/paste:
+
+```
+let debugSetup = {
+  // componentBlackList: /App/,  // regexp
+  // componentWhiteList: /SomeComponent/, // regexp
+  // methodBlackList: ["mounted"], // list of method names
+  // methodWhiteList: ["willStart"], // list of method names
+  logScheduler: false,  // display/mute scheduler logs
+  logStore: true,     // display/mute store logs
+};
+{let o,t="[OWL_DEBUG]";function toStr(o){let t=JSON.stringify(o||{});return t.length>200&&(t=t.slice(0,200)+"..."),t}function debugComponent(o,e,n){let l=`${e}<id=${n}>`,r=o=>(!debugSetup.methodBlackList||!debugSetup.methodBlackList.includes(o))&&!(debugSetup.methodWhiteList&&!debugSetup.methodWhiteList.includes(o));r("constructor")&&console.log(`${t} ${l} constructor, props=${toStr(o.props)}`),r("willStart")&&owl.hooks.onWillStart(()=>{console.log(`${t} ${l} willStart`)}),r("mounted")&&owl.hooks.onMounted(()=>{console.log(`${t} ${l} mounted`)}),r("willUpdateProps")&&owl.hooks.onWillUpdateProps(o=>{console.log(`${t} ${l} willUpdateProps, nextprops=${toStr(o)}`)}),r("willPatch")&&owl.hooks.onWillPatch(()=>{console.log(`${t} ${l} willPatch`)}),r("patched")&&owl.hooks.onPatched(()=>{console.log(`${t} ${l} patched`)}),r("willUnmount")&&owl.hooks.onWillUnmount(()=>{console.log(`${t} ${l} willUnmount`)});const s=o.__render.bind(o);o.__render=function(...o){console.log(`${t} ${l} rendering template`),s(...o)};const u=o.render.bind(o);o.render=function(...o){return console.log(`${t} ${l} render`),u(...o)};const c=o.mount.bind(o);o.mount=function(...o){return console.log(`${t} ${l} mount`),c(...o)}}if(Object.defineProperty(owl.Component,"current",{get:()=>o,set(t){o=t;const e=t.constructor.name;if(debugSetup.componentBlackList&&debugSetup.componentBlackList.test(e))return;if(debugSetup.componentWhiteList&&!debugSetup.componentWhiteList.test(e))return;let n;Object.defineProperty(o,"__owl__",{get:()=>n,set(o){debugComponent(t,e,(n=o).id)}})}}),debugSetup.logScheduler){let o;Object.defineProperty(owl.Component.scheduler,"isRunning",{get:()=>o,set(e){e?console.log(`${t} scheduler: start running tasks queue`):console.log(`${t} scheduler: stop running tasks queue`),o=e}})}if(debugSetup.logStore){let o=owl.Store.prototype.dispatch;owl.Store.prototype.dispatch=function(e,...n){return console.log(`${t} store: action '${e}' dispatched. Payload: '${toStr(n)}'`),o.call(this,e,...n)}}}
+
+```
+
+Note that it is certainly useful to run this code at some point in an application,
+just to get a feel of what each user action implies, for the framework.
diff --git a/tests/doc_link_checker.test.ts b/tests/doc_link_checker.test.ts
index 40fa3609..a11133ff 100644
--- a/tests/doc_link_checker.test.ts
+++ b/tests/doc_link_checker.test.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ function getFiles(path: string[] = []): FileData[] {
   return Array.prototype.concat(...files);
 }
 
-const LOCAL_FILES = ["LICENSE"];
+const LOCAL_FILES = ["LICENSE", "tools/debug.js"];
 export function isLinkValid(link: MarkDownLink, current: FileData, files: FileData[]): boolean {
   if (link.link.startsWith("http")) {
     // no check on external links
diff --git a/tools/debug.js b/tools/debug.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1dea15fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/debug.js
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+/**
+ * Debug Script
+ *
+ * This code is intended to be evaluated in an environment where owl is available,
+ * to log lot of helpful information on how Owl components behave.
+ */
+
+let debugSetup = {
+  // componentBlackList: /App/,  // regexp
+  // componentWhiteList: /SomeComponent/, // regexp
+  // methodBlackList: ["mounted"], // list of method names
+  // methodWhiteList: ["willStart"], // list of method names
+  logScheduler: true, // display/mute scheduler logs
+  logStore: true // display/mute store logs
+};
+{
+  let prefix = "[OWL_DEBUG]";
+  let current;
+  Object.defineProperty(owl.Component, "current", {
+    get() {
+      return current;
+    },
+    set(comp) {
+      current = comp;
+      const name = comp.constructor.name;
+      if (debugSetup.componentBlackList && debugSetup.componentBlackList.test(name)) {
+        return;
+      }
+      if (debugSetup.componentWhiteList && !debugSetup.componentWhiteList.test(name)) {
+        return;
+      }
+      let __owl__;
+      Object.defineProperty(current, "__owl__", {
+        get() {
+          return __owl__;
+        },
+        set(val) {
+          __owl__ = val;
+          debugComponent(comp, name, __owl__.id);
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  });
+
+  function toStr(obj) {
+    let str = JSON.stringify(obj || {});
+    if (str.length > 200) {
+      str = str.slice(0, 200) + "...";
+    }
+    return str;
+  }
+
+  function debugComponent(component, name, id) {
+    let fullName = `${name}<id=${id}>`;
+    let shouldDebug = method => {
+      if (debugSetup.methodBlackList && debugSetup.methodBlackList.includes(method)) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      if (debugSetup.methodWhiteList && !debugSetup.methodWhiteList.includes(method)) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      return true;
+    };
+    if (shouldDebug("constructor")) {
+      console.log(`${prefix} ${fullName} constructor, props=${toStr(component.props)}`);
+    }
+    if (shouldDebug("willStart")) {
+      owl.hooks.onWillStart(() => {
+        console.log(`${prefix} ${fullName} willStart`);
+      });
+    }
+    if (shouldDebug("mounted")) {
+      owl.hooks.onMounted(() => {
+        console.log(`${prefix} ${fullName} mounted`);
+      });
+    }
+    if (shouldDebug("willUpdateProps")) {
+      owl.hooks.onWillUpdateProps(nextProps => {
+        console.log(`${prefix} ${fullName} willUpdateProps, nextprops=${toStr(nextProps)}`);
+      });
+    }
+    if (shouldDebug("willPatch")) {
+      owl.hooks.onWillPatch(() => {
+        console.log(`${prefix} ${fullName} willPatch`);
+      });
+    }
+    if (shouldDebug("patched")) {
+      owl.hooks.onPatched(() => {
+        console.log(`${prefix} ${fullName} patched`);
+      });
+    }
+    if (shouldDebug("willUnmount")) {
+      owl.hooks.onWillUnmount(() => {
+        console.log(`${prefix} ${fullName} willUnmount`);
+      });
+    }
+    const __render = component.__render.bind(component);
+    component.__render = function(...args) {
+      console.log(`${prefix} ${fullName} rendering template`);
+      __render(...args);
+    };
+    const render = component.render.bind(component);
+    component.render = function(...args) {
+      console.log(`${prefix} ${fullName} render`);
+      return render(...args);
+    };
+    const mount = component.mount.bind(component);
+    component.mount = function(...args) {
+      console.log(`${prefix} ${fullName} mount`);
+      return mount(...args);
+    };
+  }
+
+  if (debugSetup.logScheduler) {
+    let isRunning;
+    Object.defineProperty(owl.Component.scheduler, "isRunning", {
+      get() {
+        return isRunning;
+      },
+      set(val) {
+        if (val) {
+          console.log(`${prefix} scheduler: start running tasks queue`);
+        } else {
+          console.log(`${prefix} scheduler: stop running tasks queue`);
+        }
+        isRunning = val;
+      }
+    });
+  }
+  if (debugSetup.logStore) {
+    let dispatch = owl.Store.prototype.dispatch;
+    owl.Store.prototype.dispatch = function(action, ...payload) {
+      console.log(`${prefix} store: action '${action}' dispatched. Payload: '${toStr(payload)}'`);
+      return dispatch.call(this, action, ...payload);
+    };
+  }
+}