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Pankaj Cheema
Pankaj Cheema

Reputation: 1058

Visual studio code Debugger not getting attached with sample express project generated by express generator

Node js Version :v8.11.3

VS Code version :1.29.1 x64

npm version :6.6.0

Hi , I have created a default express skeleton project using express --view=jade myapp command after that cd myapp/ and npm install in the last.

Now I am trying to attach vscode debugger to this newly created project but no luck.

This is the content of my launch.json 

{
    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [

        {
            "type": "node",
            "request": "launch",
            "name": "Launch Program",
            "protocol":"inspector",
            "port":3000,
            "program": "/home/pankaj/myfirstapp/myapp/app.js"
        }
    ]
}

I am also not able to see any error in the debug console .There is nothing in debug console neither success nor failure.

Thanks In advance

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2694

Answers (2)

Pankaj Cheema
Pankaj Cheema

Reputation: 1058

Be careful for express default setup to set the path of program in launch.json to "program": "${workspaceFolder}/bin/www"

Upvotes: 1

Andre Weinand
Andre Weinand

Reputation: 1977

Port 3000 is the application port of your express application. If you specify this in your launch configuration, the VS Code debugger will try to use it as the debug port (which obviously cannot work).

In addition, use VS Code variables to specify where your programs lives. E.g. if you have opened VS Code on your myapp directory, use ${workspaceFolder}/app.js for the program attribute:

E.g.:

{
        "type": "node",
        "request": "launch",
        "name": "Launch Program",
        "program": "${workspaceFolder}/app.js"
}

Upvotes: 0

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