From 312f1324ca1a7f58270b268db68b03ef797ef1d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jennifer Nguyen <jennifer.nguyen@ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2020 00:42:31 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Setting up Node.js debugger with Nodemon and Typescript in
 VSCode editor

Refer to [article](https://dev.to/oieduardorabelo/nodejs-with-typescript-debug-inside-vscode-and-nodemon-23o7) for more information
---
 .vscode/launch.json | 13 +++++++++++++
 nodemon.json        |  6 +++++-
 package.json        |  3 ++-
 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .vscode/launch.json

diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..747f90b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+      {
+        "type": "node",
+        "request": "attach",
+        "name": "Node: Nodemon",
+        "processId": "${command:PickProcess}",
+        "restart": true,
+        "protocol": "inspector"
+      }
+    ]
+  }  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nodemon.json b/nodemon.json
index 00b54fa..0ca8c43 100644
--- a/nodemon.json
+++ b/nodemon.json
@@ -2,5 +2,9 @@
   "watch": ["src"],
   "ext": "ts",
   "ignore": ["src/**/*.spec.ts"],
-  "exec": "ts-node ./src/app.ts"
+  "execMap": {
+    "ts": "node --require ts-node/register"
+  },
+  "verbose": true,
+  "restartable": "rs"
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a3aed5e..f3616e9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     "typescript": "^3.9.5"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "start": "nodemon"
+    "start": "nodemon src/app.ts",
+    "debug": "nodemon --inspect src/app.ts"
   }
 }