VS Code Protractor: Described is not defined error - node.js

Question

I'm learning Protractor. I'm using VS Code and have a simple Protractor program. It runs fine from the command line: protractor config.js -- but -- when I try to run it from inside VS Code, by pressing F5, I get ReferenceError: describe is not defined.
What am I missing?
Thanks for any help.
// conf.js
exports.config = {
framework: 'jasmine',
seleniumAddress: 'http://localhost:4444/wd/hub',
specs: ['spec.js'],
capabilities: {
browserName: 'chrome'
}
}
// spec.js
describe('Protractor Demo App', function() {
it('should have a title', function() {
browser.get('http://juliemr.github.io/protractor-demo/');
expect(browser.getTitle()).toEqual('Super Calculator');
});
});
{
// launch.json
// Use IntelliSense to learn about possible 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",
"name": "Launch Program",
"program": "${workspaceFolder}/spec.js"
}
]
}

Answer 1

Some wrong configuration in your launch.json, try below one:
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [{
"type": "node",
"request": "launch",
"name": "Launch Program",
"program": "${workspaceFolder}/node_modules/protractor/built/cli.js",
"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
"args": [
"config.js",
]
}]
}
${workspaceFolder} represents the folder VSCode opened, it expect to be your project folder.