Node.js Debugging flow

Question

I\'d like to debug node.js like rails. I\'ve tried several ways:

1. Webstorm debug – in this case I need to click \"rerun debug\" each time after code changed

Answer 1

Now with the upgrade works just fine. [23/09/2018]

For configuration you need to have the Webstorm 2018.2 and follow the steps below:

and ALSO include the option to "Attach to Node.js/Chrome" [+] as follow:

To make the debugger restart after every change you would have to enable the [x] Reconnect Automatically option.

The flow of working with the debug is:

1. Run your (in my case) Nodemon.
2. Debug your (in my case) NodemonDebugger
3. Set the breakpoints and everything else and you are good to go.

Note: If you are going direct to the debugger instead (and therefore not following this process) one would probably be expecting a termination of the process after changing the code lines.