I'm using:
I'm unable to get a stop at a breakpoint with the following launch file. The debugger runs and attaches to a port, but when I run the applications with a breakpoint, it doesn't stop at the breakpoint and runs straight through. Anyone that has gotten this to work, please advise.
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Launch",
"type": "node",
"request": "launch",
"program": "${workspaceRoot}/src/app.js",
"stopOnEntry": false,
"args": [],
"cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
"preLaunchTask": null,
"runtimeExecutable": "${workspaceRoot}/node_modules/.bin/babel-node.cmd",
"runtimeArgs": [
"--nolazy"
],
"env": {
"NODE_ENV": "development"
},
"externalConsole": false,
"sourceMaps": false,
"outDir": null
},
{
"name": "Attach",
"type": "node",
"request": "attach",
"port": 5858,
"address": "localhost",
"restart": false,
"sourceMaps": false,
"outDir": null,
"localRoot": "${workspaceRoot}",
"remoteRoot": null
},
{
"name": "Attach to Process",
"type": "node",
"request": "attach",
"processId": "${command.PickProcess}",
"port": 5858,
"sourceMaps": false,
"outDir": null
}
]
}
I was able to get it working following these steps:
Ensure you have a build script with sourcemaps generation.
"scripts": {
"build": "babel src -d dist --source-maps"
}
Ensure you have the task that lets VS Code to build with the npm script.
{
"version": "0.1.0",
"command": "npm",
"isShellCommand": true,
"showOutput": "always",
"suppressTaskName": true,
"tasks": [
{
"taskName": "build",
"args": [ "run", "build" ],
"isBuildCommand": true
}
]
}
Configure the script to build before launch with a preLaunchTask, start the program from the source entry point, but with the outDir pointing to the dist folder and with sourceMaps enabled.
{
"name": "Launch",
"type": "node",
"request": "launch",
"program": "${workspaceRoot}/src/server.js",
"stopOnEntry": false,
"args": [],
"cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
"preLaunchTask": "build",
"runtimeExecutable": null,
"runtimeArgs": [ "--nolazy" ],
"env": {
"NODE_ENV": "development"
},
"externalConsole": false,
"sourceMaps": true,
"outDir": "${workspaceRoot}/dist"
}
Now, each time you press F5, the babel transpilation runs before the Node process starts, but with all sourcemaps synced. With it I was able use breakpoints and all other debugger things.