How to debug a CucumberJS script using Visual Studio Code

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I am building cucumberjs tests using Visual Studio Code. I am able to run the tests using npm from the command-line, and I am able to run them from within VS Code using a launch configuration. However, I am unable to debug the test from within Visual Studio Code. This is on Windows 7, with VSCode 1.12.1 Basic File Structure: ``` . +-- .vscode | +-- launch.json +-- features | +-- step_definitions | | +-- sampleSteps.js | +-- support | | +-- customWorld.js | +-- sampletest.feature +-- node_modules | +-- .bin | | +-- cucumberjs +-- package.json +-- README.md ``` Inside package.json, I have the following: ``` "scripts": { "test": "./node_modules/.bin/cucumberjs" }, ``` From the command-line, I can run `npm test` or `npm run-script test` with success. I have a launch.json configuration as follows: ``` { // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible Node.js debug attributes. // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes. // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?…

Accepted Answer

I was able to get it working with this launch.json:

```
{
    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible Node.js debug attributes.
    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "type": "node",
            "request": "launch",
            "name": "Via NPM",
            "runtimeExecutable": "npm",
            "windows": {
                "runtimeExecutable": "npm.cmd"
            },
            "env":{
               "NODE_PATH": "test/"
            },
            "runtimeArgs": [
                "run-script",
                "debug"
            ],
            "port": 5858
        }
    ]
}
```

Then in package.json:

```
"scripts": {
    "debug": "node --debug-brk=5858 ./node_modules/cucumber/bin/cucumber.js --profile TEST -t '@my_tag'"
}
```

Hope this helps! (please note this was done on MacOS)

How to debug a CucumberJS script using Visual Studio Code

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