Restarting debug sessions automatically when source is edited using nodemon (without global install)

vscode-nodejs-debugger-hot-reload.md

• Add a script to start app with nodemon in inspect mode: "server": "nodemon --inspect server.js"
• Add the following config to vscode's launch.json:

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

• Run app with npm run server. The debugger is automatically attached.

NB: Clicking the debugger's stop button doesn't end the node/nodemon process. You'd have to kill it the terminal(where you ran the script originally).