Debugging nest.js application with vscode

Question

I am testing the nest.js framework but I am struggling to run it with VSCode so that I can properly debug my code. This is pretty much the same issue as described here Running n

Answer 1

If you want to have log output in terminal + all debug capabilities, you can start + attach using npm, here is config for launch.json:

{
  "type": "node",
  "request": "launch",
  "name": "Nest Debug",
  "runtimeExecutable": "npm",
  "runtimeArgs": [
    "run",
    "start:debug",
    "--",
    "--inspect-brk"
  ],
  "console": "integratedTerminal",
  "restart": true,
  "protocol": "auto",
  "port": 9229,
  "autoAttachChildProcesses": true
},

Will show full log output in console + debugging