arturoxl/debugging-angular

Debugging Angular with Visual Studio Code

Debugging Angular

Debugging Angular with Visual Studio Code.

Project Configuration

Setting	Value
Purpose	Debugging with VS Code using a simple Angular project
Client Framework	Angular
Client Language	TypeScript
Architecture	npm/node
IDE	Visual Studio Code
License	GPL v3
Tutorial	Youtube Tutorial

Generate Application

The app generation is based on https://angular.io/guide/setup-local.

• Run npm install -g @angular/cli - Install the app generator CLI tool.
• Run ng new client - Generate an application, I named it client.
• Run cd client - Change directory to the app.
• Run ng serve --open - Start the compiler, web server and open Chrome.

Debugging

Debug with Visual Studio Code

Configure Launchers

1. launch.json
2. tasks.json

Run Launchers

Launching and debugging in chrome will allow you to use break points in the source code. The launchers are based on https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-recipes/tree/master/Angular-CLI.

• Run the Visual Studio Code Launcher Launch ng serve & Chrome

Debug with npm

• Run npm start