You're reading from Developing Multi-Platform Apps with Visual Studio Code Get up and running with VS Code by building multi-platform, cloud-native, and microservices-based apps

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781838822934

Length 334 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Visual Studio

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Application Development

Authors (2):

Khusro Habib

Ovais Mehboob Ahmed Khan

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Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Introduction to Visual Studio Code

2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with Visual Studio Code FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Extensions in Visual Studio Code

4. Section 2: Developing Microservices-Based Applications in Visual Studio Code

5. Chapter 3: Building a Multi-Platform Backend Using Visual Studio Code

6. Chapter 4: Building a Service in .NET Core and Exploring Dapr

7. Chapter 5: Building a Web-Based Frontend Application with Angular

8. Chapter 6: Debugging Techniques

9. Chapter 7: Deploying Applications on Azure

10. Chapter 8: Git and Azure DevOps

11. Section 3: Advanced Topics on Visual Studio Code

12. Chapter 9: Creating Custom Extensions in Visual Studio Code

13. Chapter 10: Remote Development in Visual Studio Code

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Becoming familiar with the debugger layout

First things first: before we start installing extensions and configuring the debugger, let's look at the layout of the debugger. Once you get accustomed to the layout, it will be easier to navigate. To call the debugger, press the button on the left bar, or press Ctrl + Shift + D to reveal the following screen:

Figure 6.1 – Debugger layout

The top bar in the left pane holds the RUN button, as shown in the preceding screenshot. This is used to launch the debugger. VS Code uses the launch configuration to configure the debugger for debugging different code bases. You can select the respective configuration from the dropdown beside it and click RUN. The keyboard shortcut for the RUN command is F5. The configuration toolbar can be seen in the following screenshot:

Figure 6.2 – Configuration toolbar

The Settings button in Figure 6.2 opens the selected launch file in the...