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Using the built-in Node.js debugger

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Using the built-in Node.js debugger

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Nobody's code works the first time all the time. Learning to use a debugger to find problems in your code is part of a developer's job, and being able to debug your code right in the editor you're using to write it is very convenient. VS Code includes a built-in debugger with debugging support for Node.js. With it, you can debug JavaScript, TypeScript, and any language that transpiles to JavaScript. You can also install debugger extensions for lots of other languages. Let me show you a couple of ways you can get started with the built-in debugger. I'll first open the menus.js file from the scripts folder in my project. You can add breakpoints to a code file by clicking in the far left margin on the line where you want the code to pause. I'll add one on Line 8 of this file. Since the index.htm file is the home page for the site, I'll open it so we can run and debug from there. I'll now click the "Run and Debug" button on the activity bar. From here, I'll click the "Run and Debug"…

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