Node.js Debugging Recipes

To make it easier to get started with debugging, we have made a collection of debugging “recipes” which contain the steps and configuration you need to set up debugging for your favorite platform. The recipes are in GitHub at https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-recipes.

The Visual Studio Code editor supports debugging Node.js applications via the built-in debugger.

Recipes:

Debug client-side JavaScript in Google Chrome

The Visual Studio Code editor supports debugging of JavaScript running in Google Chrome applications via the .

Recipes:

• Debugging Next.js apps
• Debugging Vue.js apps
• Debugging Jest tests

Blog posts:

This recipe shows how to run and debug a VS Code Node.js project written in TypeScript running inside a Docker container.

• Debugging Node.js with TypeScript in Docker

MERN - Mongo, Express, React and Node.js

This recipe shows how to run and debug a MERN (Mongo, Express, React and Node.js) based project in VS Code.

Recipes:

The Visual Studio Code editor supports debugging Electron applications via the built-in debugger and the Debugger for Chrome extension.

Recipes:

• Debugging Electron Main and Renderer processes

Next steps

• Debugging - Read about general VS Code debugging features.
• - Learn about the built-in Node.js debugger.