settings.md

Here are some launch.json configurations that sandersn uses

Hard-coded file:

This starts much faster than a full test run. I update the compiler flags each time I debug something new.

{
  "name": "welove.ts",
  "program": "${workspaceRoot}/built/local/tsc.js",
  "request": "launch",
  "skipFiles": [
    "<node_internals>/**"
  ],
  "sourceMaps": true,
  "smartStep": true,
  "args": ["--noEmit", "--skipLibCheck", "--strict", "--exactOptionalPropertyTypes", "/home/nathansa/src/test/welove.ts"],
  "env": {
    "NODE_ENV": "testing"
  },
  "type": "pwa-node",
  "console": "integratedTerminal",
  "outFiles": [ "${workspaceRoot}/built/local/tsc.js"]
},

I also have a Javascript and JSX target that are nearly identical.

Currently opened test

This debugs the current test file that's open in VS Code.

{
  "type": "pwa-node",
  "protocol": "inspector",
  "request": "launch",
  "name": "Mocha Tests (currently opened test)",
  "runtimeArgs": ["--nolazy"],
  "program": "${workspaceRoot}/node_modules/mocha/bin/_mocha",
  "args": [
    "-u",
    "bdd",
    "--no-timeouts",
    "--colors",
    "built/local/run.js",
    "-f",
    // You can change this to be the name of a specific test file (without the file extension)
    // to consistently launch the same test
    "${fileBasenameNoExtension}",
  ],
  "env": {
    "NODE_ENV": "testing"
  },
  "sourceMaps": true,
  "smartStep": true,
  "preLaunchTask": "gulp: tests",
  "console": "integratedTerminal",
  "outFiles": [
    "${workspaceRoot}/built/local/run.js"
  ]
},

I also made a hard-coded variant, as suggested by the comment.

Attach to running tsc

This is sometimes useful when I want to build a complex project with tsc -b and then debug it.

{
  "name": "9229",
  "port": 9229,
  "request": "attach",
  "skipFiles": [
    "<node_internals>/**"
  ],
  "type": "pwa-node",
  "env": {
    "NODE_ENV": "testing"
  },
  "sourceMaps": true,
  "outFiles": [ "${workspaceRoot}/built/local/tsc.js"]
},