Visual Studio Code Hacks

.vscode-ts-jest-launch.json

{
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "configurations": [
    {
      "name": "Debug a Jest file from a module in Git Subfolder",
      "type": "node",
      "request": "launch",
      "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/SUBFOLDER",
      "runtimeArgs": [
        "--inspect-brk", "${workspaceRoot}/SUBFOLDER/node_modules/.bin/jest", 
        "--runInBand", 
        "--coverage", "false",
        "--testPathPattern", "TESTSUITE.test.ts",
        "-t", "TEST NAME",     // <- This is OPTIONAL
      ],
      "console": "integratedTerminal",
      "internalConsoleOptions": "neverOpen"
    },
    {
      "name": "Debug Current TypeScript File",
      "type": "node",
      "request": "launch",
      "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/SUBFOLDER",
      "runtimeArgs": ["--nolazy", "-r", "ts-node/register"],
      "args": ["../${relativeFile}"],
      "sourceMaps": true,
    }
  ]
}

.vscode-ts-node-launch.json

{
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "configurations": [
    {
      "name": "Project API",
      "type": "node",
      "request": "launch",
      "internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart",
      "runtimeExecutable": "node",
      "runtimeArgs": ["--nolazy", "-r", "ts-node/register/transpile-only"],
      "skipFiles": [
        "<node_internals>/**",
        "node_modules/**"
      ],
      "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/project-api",
      "program": "${workspaceFolder}/project-api/src/index.ts",
      "args": [],
    }
  ]
}

links.md

Interesting links about Visual Studio Code

• VS Code Docs > Variables Reference
• VS Code Docs > Multi-root Workspaces
• VS Code Docs > User and Worksapce Settings
• Medium.com - Matt Mazola > How to debug Jest tests with VSCode (2021 Version)
• StackOverflow > How to setup VS Code to debug Jest using Typescript?