Debugging with VSCode about aws-lambda-typescript

[stevejhiggs]

Thanks marc. I'll add some images to the readme but to help you for now:

Go to the debug tab in visual studio
at the top where it says "debug" and probably "no configurations" there should be a gear icon. Click it and you should be taken to your launch.json file that will look something like:

"version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "type": "node",
            "request": "launch",
            "name": "Launch Program",
            "program": "${workspaceRoot}\\index.js",
            "outFiles": [
                "${workspaceRoot}/out/**/*.js"
            ]
        }
    ]

add the line "protocol": "inspector", to this so we end up with something like:

{
    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible Node.js debug attributes.
    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "type": "node",
            "request": "launch",
            "protocol": "inspector",
            "name": "Launch Program",
            "program": "${workspaceRoot}\\index.js",
            "outFiles": [
                "${workspaceRoot}/out/**/*.js"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Then you should be able to debug as normal. Also if you use node version 8 or greater it will default to this and the above will be not needed.

Thanks
Steve

[marc-cardona]

Steve, Thank you very much for your quick reply.

Still having troubles debugging. I have changed my "launch.json" and I am always getting the following error:

I have been trying to update my node version to 8.1.2 but I'm still receiving the same "Unexpected token export" error.

Do you know where might be the problem?

Thank you again
Marc

[stevejhiggs]

Hi marc, I'll take a look at it when I get some time this weekend (I've a 1 year old daughter and that means I only get a few hours here or there). I'm about to do a significant update and I'll give better examples

[marc-cardona]

Ok Steve, thanks for your patience ;)
I look forward to the next update.

[stevejhiggs]

Hi marc, if you update to latest then any newly init'd functions should be fine.

To fix an already existing function:

• overwrite your tsconfig and tslint files with the ones in https://github.com/stevejhiggs/aws-lambda-typescript/tree/master/templates.
• Update the index.ts to follow the one in https://github.com/stevejhiggs/aws-lambda-typescript/tree/master/templates as there are some changes in the imports and returns.

[marc-cardona]

Thank you Steve, everything working.
Marc