

The build runs at 5PM PST on each day that there are changes ( see pipeline). The shipped version of VS Code includes the js-debug version at the time of its release, however you may want to install our pre-release build to get the latest fixes and features. It has been the default JavaScript debugger in Visual Studio Code since 1.46, and is gradually rolling out in Visual Studio proper. It debugs Node.js, Chrome, Edge, WebView2, VS Code extensions, and more. Hitting the Inspect button on the debug bar will open the Developer Tools Elements and Network right inside your editor.This is a DAP-based JavaScript debugger. If you use Edge as your debugging browser, you also get something extra. You also have full access to the Window object and the DOM of the current page, for example, to change the background colour of the document, you can use $(‘h1’).style.background = ‘peachpuff’ (and not what I did first in the screenshot).įor all the features of Console, check the documentation. This is a full REPL console, and you can just type in any JavaScript to try out, for example 2+3 or ‘log’.repeat(20) You get all the information about the body element of the current document. Try it out by using $(‘body’) in the Debug Console.

You also have access to all the convenience methods, like $ for document.querySelector. You can use the Debug Console to do anything you normally do in the Console of the browser tools. Visual Studio Code now opens a browser window for you and you can see the console.log message from the demo code in the Debug Console. Step 5: Select the “Run and Debug” icon and press the “Run and Debug” button Step 3: Select New File, call it index.html Step 2: Start Visual Studio Code, choose “open” – select that folder Step 1: Create a folder and call it consoledebug And it even works without a local server. In the video I use a project I have open with a launch.json file already defined, which means it opens the correct URL for you when you start debugging. I just published a “TikTok” style video on the official Visual Studio Code channel explaining this and – after lots of criticism for the quality of the video (lads, this is on purpose!) – people had more questions, so here goes. Using the new in-built JavaScript debugger in Visual Studio code you can use the browser developer tools Console right inside the editor.
