How To Debug Javascript In Nodejs On Windows When I'm Not The Caller Of Node.exe

I'm trying to debug nodejs script (on Windows). I found that I can stop execution / set a breakpoint withing the script by using the 'debugger;' statement. However this seems to wo

Solution 1:

If you have the typical windows workspace such as Node, git and VSCode,
you can do it in these simple steps:

1. In VSCode, open launch.json configuration or create new by clicking on the wheel
   

2. The node will listen on port 9229 by default, so add this configuration:

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

3. Open Task Manager and locate the PID of your node process
   I could identify my by the "build" folder where the index.js is.
4. open another cmd or git-bash and run this command,
   where 21392 is the PID of your process.

node -e "process._debugProcess(21392)"

5. you should see this
6. Start debugging from VSCode Attach to 9229
   

Everything should be ready now.