Supercharge your React debugging workflow with VS Code and Chrome debugging
create-react-app.
This enables you as a developer to write and debug your React code without leaving the editor, and most importantly it enables you to have a continuous development workflow, where context switching is minimal, as you don’t have to switch between tools.
You can now write code, set a breakpoints, make a changes to the code, and debug your newly modified code — all from your editor
- Chrome debugger
- create-react-app
- .vscode in your root folder.
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Chrome",
"type": "chrome",
"request": "launch",
"url": "http://localhost:3000",
"webRoot": "${workspaceRoot}/src"
}
]
}
npm start in your favorite terminal
F5or by clicking the green debug icon
Happy debugging!
Details
Webpack’s Hot Module Replacement mechanism, which pushes module changes to the browser by running a local file watcher.
without adding a need for more file watches or background tools