Debug server-side Remix using VSCode

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💡 HOWTO: Debug your server-side Remix code using VSCode

✨ New in Remix v1.3.5

The latest release of Remix fixes sourcemaps so you no longer need to use any hacks to set breakpoints in your route modules. Simply start the debugger and Remix will hit the breakpoint in your loaders and actions.

Debugging session even survives edits and Live Reload.

🐛 Launch VSCode debugger

There are a couple of options. You can use one of the launch configuration listed below, or simply open the Command Pallete and type: debug npm script. Then select the one you want to run. NOTE: Since this will relaunch your app, make sure you've stopped any running servers.

Debugging npm script

Attaching to a process

Pick the node process that is running the ./server/index.js file

👀 View local variables

launch.json

{
  // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
  // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
  // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
  "version": "0.2.0",

  "configurations": [
    {
      "command": "npm run dev",
      "name": "Run npm run dev",
      "request": "launch",
      "type": "node-terminal",
      "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
    },
    {
      "name": "Attach by Process ID",
      "processId": "${command:PickProcess}",
      "request": "attach",
      "skipFiles": ["<node_internals>/**"],
      "type": "pwa-node"
    }
  ]
}

@mdotmoment11 Interesting. The video was from a very early version of Remix. Debugging and breakpoints should just work. You shouldn't need to use debugger anymore.

Which version of Remix are you on now? Also what adapter are you using: Remix App Server, Express, Vercel, etc.?

Followed the instructions above to create launch.json.
Versions below,

VSCode Version: 1.87.0.
"@remix-run/node": "^2.5.1",
    "@remix-run/react": "^2.5.1",
    "@remix-run/serve": "^2.5.1",

Copied the launch.json form above,

{
  // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
  // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
  // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "configurations": [
    {
      "command": "npm run dev",
      "name": "Run npm run dev",
      "request": "launch",
      "type": "node-terminal",
      "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
    },
    {
      "name": "Attach by Process ID",
      "processId": "${command:PickProcess}",
      "request": "attach",
      "skipFiles": ["<node_internals>/**"],
      "type": "node"
    }
  ]
}

Tried pwa-node and just node both but no difference, same results. Debug points are disabled anytime the debugger is attached to the running process or directly started with the debugger.

this appears to do the trick with my setup (fairly default create remix app with vite)

{
      "name": "Debug App",
      "type": "node-terminal",
      "request": "launch",
      "command": "yarn dev",
      "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
}