VSCode node debug configurations (.vscode launch.json Node configs)

0-notes.md

NOTE: JSON files don't normally allow comments, but VSCode allows them in .vscode/launch.json.

TODO:

• Add debug config for React/JS-HTML-CSS projects in the browser

launch.json

{
  // Save this in your project: `./.vscode/launch.json`
  //
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  // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
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  "version": "0.2.0",
  "configurations": [
    // Debugging tests
    //// Run the `npm test` command:
    {
      "type": "node",
      "request": "launch",
      "name": "Run Tests",
      "skipFiles": [
        "<node_internals>/**"
      ],
      "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
      "runtimeExecutable": "npm",
      "runtimeArgs": ["test"]
    },
    //// VSCodes built in Mocha test configuration:
    {
      "type": "node",
      "request": "launch",
      "name": "Mocha Tests",
      "skipFiles": [
        "<node_internals>/**"
      ],
      "args": [
        "-u",
        "tdd",
        "--timeout",
        "999999",
        "--colors",
        "${workspaceFolder}/test"
      ],
      "internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart",
      "program": "${workspaceFolder}/node_modules/mocha/bin/_mocha"
    },

    // TODO: debug React/JS-HTML-CSS projects in the browser.

    // Debugging a specific file or project:
    //// To debug the current active file:
    {
      "type": "node",
      "request": "launch",
      "name": "Launch File",
      "skipFiles": [
        "<node_internals>/**"
      ],
      "program": "${file}"
    },
    //// To debug a project, do something like:
    {
      "type": "node",
      "request": "launch",
      "name": "Launch App",
      "skipFiles": [
        "<node_internals>/**"
      ],
      "program": "${workspaceFolder}/app.js"
    }
  ]
}