Odin debugging on windows with vscode. See: readme

0 Odin debugging on windows.md

Setup

To setup debugging for Odin programs on Windows with VsCode follow these steps:

• make sure you have the C/C++ extension pack (VsCode extension) installed
• create a .vscode folder at the root of your Odin project
• copy the launch.json and tasks.json into it
• click on the debug tab in VsCode, then click on the debug button at the top (or press F5)

Note: if you want to use a starter template which also sets up a tracking allocator which tracks and reports memory leaks you can use: https://github.com/RednibCoding/Odin-Starter

FAQ

Q: When I start debugging, I get the following error popup: Configured debug type 'cppvsdbg' is not supported.

A: Make sure you have the C/C++ extension pack installed. If it is already installed, try reinstalling it.

launch.json

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "type": "cppvsdbg",
            "request": "launch",
            "preLaunchTask": "Build",
            "name": "Debug",
            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/build/debug.exe",
            "args": [],
            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
        }
    ]
}

tasks.json

{
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "command": "",
    "args": [],
    "tasks": [
        {
            "label": "mkdir",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": "cmd",
            "args": [
                "/C",
                "if not exist .\\build mkdir .\\build"
            ]
        },
        {
            "label": "build",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": "odin build . -debug -out:build/debug.exe",
            "group": "build"
        },
        {
            "label": "Build",
            "dependsOn": [
                "mkdir",
                "build"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

For people on linux, cppvsdbg doesn't work, but lldb works fine (I used the more frequently installed extension for lldb, vadimcn.vscode-lldb; note that there's another more official one)

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "type": "lldb",
            "request": "launch",
            "preLaunchTask": "Build",
            "name": "Debug",
            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/build/game.bin",
            "args": [],
            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
        }
    ]
}

I use make so keeping it simple,

{
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "command": "",
    "args": [],
    "tasks": [
        {
            "label": "Build",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": "make build",
            "group": "build"
        }
    ]
}

Amazing thank you. Unlike every other thing about odin this was an easy google search and find. Much appreciated.