Mocha Launcher for VSC #vsc #mocha

launch.json

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Run Mocha",
            "type": "node",
            "program": "${workspaceRoot}/node_modules/mocha/bin/_mocha",
            "stopOnEntry": false,
            "args": ["--no-timeouts", "test"],
            "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
            "runtimeExecutable": null,
            "env": {
                "NODE_ENV": "development"
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Attach",
            "type": "node",
            "request": "attach",
            "port": 5858,
            "address": "localhost",
            "restart": false,
            "sourceMaps": false,
            "outDir": null,
            "localRoot": "${workspaceRoot}",
            "remoteRoot": null
        },
        {
            "name": "Attach to Process",
            "type": "node",
            "request": "attach",
            "processId": "${command.PickProcess}",
            "port": 5858,
            "sourceMaps": false,
            "outDir": null
        }
    ]
}

This is how I've setup Mocha to run in Visual Studio Code to also support breakpoints. It doesn't require any outside steps like running mocha --debug-brk or the like.