Running Mocha tests compiled with Babel in Visual Studio Code

Question

I am using Babel in my Mocha tests. To run the test in terminal I use following command:

mocha --debug --compilers js:babel/register

Then I can

Answer 1

I got mocha running with babel locally using this config:

"configurations": [
    {
        "name": "Debug Mocha",
        "type": "node",
        "program": "./node_modules/.bin/_mocha",
        "stopOnEntry": false,
        "args": ["--compilers", "js:babel-register"],
        "cwd": ".",
        "runtimeExecutable": null,
        "runtimeArgs": [
            "--nolazy"
        ],
        "env": {
            "NODE_ENV": "development"
        },
        "externalConsole": false,
        "sourceMaps": true,
        "outDir": null
    },
    {
        "name": "Attach",
        "type": "node",
        "request": "attach",
        "port": 5858
    }
]

Which uses the _mocha executable since node is already invoked by Code. Also, make sure you have sourceMaps set to true.