Yes, I am aware of dev tools. I use them to look at network requests or to "steal" my own credentials for curl usage.

Haven't really used the Javascript debugger, but my guess would be completely infeasible to follow everything a random "modern" Web site might do. And as you say some Javascript might be compressed or obfuscated. What I really would want is a somewhat higher level / more filtered approach: Like strace lets me just trace file operations for example.