How to debug Node.JS Code in VsCode

Read this article and follow steps to debug your JavaScript file in VsCode.

Create JavaScript file to debug

I have one JavaScript file that is called merge-codecoverage.js

Create a launch.json in .vscode

Create launch.json file in .vscode

And add below code. Notice in this code I have hard-coded the path of the file that I want to debug at line number 6.















{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
      {
        "name": "Launch Program",
        "program": "${workspaceFolder}/tools/scripts/merge-codecoverage.js",
        "request": "launch",
        "skipFiles": [
          "<node_internals>/**"
        ],
        "type": "pwa-node"
      },
     ]
}

Hit debug button and see you can debug your code

Select the configuration

Now hit on debug button

And then notice you can debug the code.

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