vscode debug ES6 application

Question

I have VSCode 0.5.0. I set the compilerOptions flag to \"ES6\" and the editor started recognizing my ES6 code as correct. I have babel installed. My Mocha tests use the bab

Answer 1

babel + nodemon

In the VS Code Terminal, launch your server with the --inspect argument:

nodemon --inspect --watch src --exec node_modules/.bin/babel-node --presets react,es2015 src/server.js

Among the other lines, one will show the port on which the debugger is listening:

...
Debugger listening on port 9229
...

Create the following debug configuration:

{
    "type": "node",
    "request": "attach",
    "name": "Attach to Port",
    "address": "localhost",
    "port": 9229
}

Launch the debugger, and if everything went fine you will see in the output Terminal:

Debugger attached.

From now on, you can debug your application.