We want to be able to set breakpoints in our code using VSCode’s built-in debugger, and have code execution stop at these breakpoints.
We need to add a launch configuration file at .vscode/launch.json:
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Debug Express API",
"type": "node",
"request": "launch",
"program": "${workspaceFolder}/src/index.ts",
"runtimeExecutable": "tsx",
"runtimeArgs": ["--inspect"],
"env": {
"NODE_ENV": "development",
"PORT": "5000"
},
"console": "integratedTerminal",
"restart": true,
"sourceMaps": true,
"resolveSourceMapLocations": [
"${workspaceFolder}/**",
"!**/node_modules/**"
]
}
]
}
We would then start the dev server through the debug tab rather than npm run dev.