Attach visual studio debugger to electron app

Question

I\'m attempting to debug electron app from visual studio 2017 (and not vscode) from scratch.

I created a console nodejs project, install and save electron. Project s

Answer 1

• First you have to configure your Visual Studio to GitHub Symbols.

• Attaching to and Debugging Electron -> To start a debugging session, open up PowerShell/CMD and execute your debug build of Electron, using the application to open as a parameter.

  $ ./out/D/electron.exe ~/my-electron-app/
  

• For complete documentation read here.

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For seeing why symbols are not loading type the following commands in Windbg.

> !sym noisy
> .reload /f electron.exe

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Creating an Electron app using Visual Studio (not VSCode) w/ Node.js tools