Compound debug configurations

Often you need to run multiple processes at once, but debug them as if they were the same project. A common scenario for this is running a React, Angular or Vue app, along with some sort of API service using Express or Hapi. VS Code has a feature called "Compound Launch Configurations" that allow you to launch multiple debug processes at one.

Exercise

• Open "4-compound-launch-config"

• Start the frontend application

• Create two launch configs..

  • One for the Node process that runs in the "/server" folder

  • One of the Chrome process that runs from the root

• Create a compound launch config that includes both of the above configs

• Run the compound launch config

• Add a breakpoint to "src/App.js"

• Add a breakpoint to "server/routes/index.js"

• Hit both the breakpoints

Answer