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JavaScript Set up Debugging with VS Code

Posted by Brian Lockerbie
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Brian Lockerbie
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 17,512 Points

I cant launch program to start debugging

Whenever I go to launch program and start debugging I get an alert saying "Cannot launch program 'C:\Users\bri15_000\Downloads\debug-node-apps-with-vs-code\';

I still cannot connect to localhost3000 ...

Henrique Hemerly
Henrique Hemerly
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Did you unzip the folder first? The downloaded file we get from Treehouse is a .zip. Unzip that folder before trying to run it with VSC. If you have, are you opening the - folder - through Open > Folder in Visual Studio Code? You have to select "Open Folder", not "Open File"

1 Answer

John Nguyen
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John Nguyen
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John Nguyen
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John Nguyen
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 30,501 Points

I'm not sure if you're still having this issue but I resolved this issue by doing the following.

Editing line 28 on bin/www to

server.listen(port, '127.0.0.1');

I hope this helps you or someone else!

Dominic Rehm
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Dominic Rehm
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 25,595 Points

Thanks John! I had the same problem but now it works :)