How to debug node.js application with Visual Studio 2013 and Node Tools NTVS
I have moved an existing node.js + express project to VS because I prefer the IDE over JetBrains for now (used VS for years, only peeked into Webstorm).
I used NTVS new project->from existing sources and all files were imported successfully.
Afterwards, I opened the project settings of my project and set the node.exe arguments to bin\www, startup file for express.
When I press F5 (debug) I get the console.log messages I have put into the www and app.js files in the opening command prompt, and it looks like the server is running (cannot confirm, I want to debug if everything is working), but the VS debugger directly exits again, it also does not open any page in the browser I selected for debugging.
My node app actually is a REST webservice, so I want to test different URLs with different parameters.
Also, I cannot access the app on the port I specified, though when I directly start it from node.exe I can, even though the command prompt is still open.
(I have NTVS and WebEssentials installed - some operations take a long long time, but I attribute this to NTVS being still an early version.)
Question: how does the Visual Studio debugger stay connected to the node.js application so I can use breakpoints and use any browser then to connect and test different URLs? (Even a breakpoint put on the console.log that gets printed during startup is not being triggered.)
For everyone who asks receives, and the one who searches finds....
(and yes, I did spend a long time searching and trying before posting here..)
Kind of nice to debug node.js server with VS..
hope this helps someone
Edit: The arguments to node.exe can be hard to read in the image. It must be
--debug=<portno>
that is with two dashes (and not just one) to specify the debug port.
- Any difference between await Promise.all() and multiple await?
- do <something> N times (declarative syntax)
- Current time formatting with Javascript
- Delete related records using pre middleware in mongoose
- Redirecting mobile users according to their OS
- Organise imports for all files in project
- How do you add non-text parts to a multiturn chat with Gemini / Vertex AI?
- How to test if a RegExp contains capturing groups in its definition?
- How to pass my createReadStream of an image file into a HTTP Post Request Body?
- JSON from api to html
- Scan QR Code value into an input field after successful scan
- Trigger a re-render when window.location.search changes
- How to use getComputedStyle with DOMParser produced document (no defaultView or window objects)?
- run javascript function on griview pageindexchanging event
- Returning a Promise from "describe" is not supported. Tests must be defined synchronously
- vue 3 both helper and comosable functions return "is not a function"
- How to capture DOM animations as lossless 60fps video with code only approach
- Listen on multiple input tags and concatenate inputs to a single output field without need to click a button
- How to use a custom font in react native with nativewind?
- React.js passing one components variables to another component and vice-versa
- Reversing words in a string using JavaScript
- This type parameter might need an `extends` constraint in typescript
- How to make text bold with sweetalert in 2018?
- React Audio Player Change current time of Audio
- Mocking a useragent in javascript?
- How can I see the event that is attached to an html element?
- Is there a way to find the event handlers of an element with Javascript?
- How to find event listeners on a DOM node using JavaScript
- Get all events handlers attached to an element
- Changing the color of a <select> depending on its value - CSS only(?)