node.js – Debugging a NestJS app in Nx using a VScode Launch Configuration
In VSCode, I am trying to launch a NestJS application using Nx in debug mode. I am currently using the VSCode nightly js debugger extension. I am not sure what is going wrong here. I have also tried adding type “module” to the package.json file and that didn’t work either. I had to add TS_NODE_PROJECT variable as well because without it I was getting an error saying that it couldn’t find the tsconfig.json file. I am currently getting the following error:
Users/user/Documents/angular_projects/nestwktest/apps/api/src/main.ts:5
import { __awaiter } from "tslib";
^^^^^^
node_modules/source-map-support/source-map-support.js:499
SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:891:18)
at Module._compile
(/Users/user/Documents/angular_projects/nestwktest/node_modules/ts-
node/src/index.ts:1056:23)
at internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:991:10
at Object..ts (/Users/user/Documents/angular_projects/nestwktest/node_modules/ts-node/src/index.ts:1059:12)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:811:32)
at Function._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:723:14)
at Function.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1043:10)
at internal/main/run_main_module.js:17:11
Process exited with code 1
here is my launch.json
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"type": "pwa-node",
"request": "launch",
"name": "Debug Nest Framework",
"args": [
"${workspaceFolder}/apps/api/src/main.ts"
],
"runtimeArgs": [
"--nolazy",
"-r",
"ts-node/register",
"-r",
"tsconfig-paths/register"
],
"sourceMaps": true,
"cwd": "${workspaceRoot}/apps/api/",
"internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart",
"protocol": "inspector",
"env": {
"TS_NODE_PROJECT": "${workspaceFolder}/apps/api/tsconfig.json"
},
"skipFiles": ["<node_internals>/**", "node_modules/**"],
},
{
"name": "Attach to NestJS API",
"stopOnEntry": "flase",
"port": 9229,
"request": "attach",
"type": "pwa-node"
},
{
"name": "Launch Chrome against localhost",
"request": "launch",
"type": "pwa-chrome",
"url": "http://localhost:4200",
"webRoot": "${workspaceFolder}"
}
]
}
Here is my file structure
From most of what I have seen online, this should be working.