How to debug aws lambda functions written in node js

Question

We have been developing AWS Lambda functions in Node JS for a few months. Can we debug, i.e. step through the Node JS code as we can with .Net C# code in Visual Studio?

Answer 1

As others have pointed out, you can't natively step debug a Lambda. But new tools are being developed that make it possible. Rookout now offers step debugging of production Node.js Lambdas without forking or stopping the code, using some sort of bytecode-level method.