Debugging PowerShell Scripts in Visual Studio Code

[@servercare]

I thought I knew how to use the debugger, you still taught me some new tricks! thanks!

[@AdamDriscoll]

Cool! Glad you learned something!

[@gerardoverrone4902]

Amazing! First hit on the search on how to debug PS in VsCode and the complete and perfect explanation comes up! You even cover advance topics! Super Helpful!! Cheers

[@Our1stPlanet]

Excellent, this is how all videos should be.

[@NickRoman]

That's really awesome that there's a way to debug in a job process, especially with the Pro Tools GUI element. Having those kinds of tools is so essential to anyone doing any significant script writing. I know that Powershell has cmdlets for break-points, but figuring out how to use those and remember it is so much harder than just using a GUI element that's right there to click on.

[@TheMadMagician87]

Very helpful, thanks for sharing this. I hadn't looked into debugging since doing it on the CLI. This is way better!

[@conorpodonoghue]

Excellent tutorial - many thanks for posting.

[@idanmashta]

when i run a script with a breakpoint in VS code it doesn't enter a [DBG] mode in terminal, tried to change to 'continue', 'Break' still the same, how can i get the script to stop when it reach a breakpoint? thanks

[@LOOregano]

this is awesome....cannot get it to work in my vscode environment. I think I need a video on how to get started (all over again) with VScode!

[@silversword411]

How can you run the script debugging in the SYSTEM context?

[@karlstenator]

This was an excellent Debug tutorial for Powershell in VS Code - thanks for sharing! May I ask, is there any use for the "DEBUG CONSOLE"? When my code hits a breakpoint, the DEBUG CONSOLE allows me to enter a query, but it more or less just echo's what I type - nothing more or less... Is there any actual function to the DEBUG CONSOLE?

[@brianclark3737]

Great Video Adam. Once question, is how can I run a selection in the debugger, without running the whole script?

[@lubeda04]

Can you make a video on how to debug powershell universal dashboards?

[@Bruhfinally]

run and f5 pops open the debugger even without breakpoints for me. how do i disable that behavior?

[@AdamDriscoll]

I think you can use Ctrl+F5 to avoid invoking the debugger.