debugging typescript in vscode with autorestart - node.js

Question

I am setting up a typescript project with node.
I can debug my main.ts file in vs code with this launch.json configuration:
{
"type": "node",
"request": "launch",
"name": "Lancer le programme",
"program": "${workspaceRoot}/src/main.ts",
"outFiles": [
"${workspaceRoot}/dist/**/*.js"
]
}
This works fine but there is no auto restart when I edit main.ts
To implement auto restart, I launch in my project directory tsc --watch, and then this lauch configuration:
{
"type": "node",
"request": "launch",
"name": "nodemon",
"runtimeExecutable": "nodemon",
"runtimeArgs": [
"--debug=5858"
],
"program": "${workspaceRoot}/src/main.ts",
"outFiles": [
"${workspaceRoot}/dist/**/*.js"
],
"restart": true,
"port": 5858,
"console": "integratedTerminal",
"internalConsoleOptions": "neverOpen",
"sourceMaps": true
},
The above configuration does autorestart when I edit source files, but the vscode debugger doesn't break anymore...
Has anyone achieved : debugging typscript in vscode with autorestart ?

Answer 1

This is my launch.json:
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"type": "node",
"request": "launch",
"name": "nodemon",
"runtimeExecutable": "${workspaceFolder}/node_modules/nodemon/bin/nodemon.js",
"program": "${workspaceFolder}/build/index.js",
"restart": true,
"runtimeArgs": [
"--debug=5858",
"--inspect-brk"
],
"port": 5858,
"console": "integratedTerminal",
"internalConsoleOptions": "neverOpen"
}
]
}
Note that the prop program must indicate compiled js file. In your case it is ${workspaceRoot}/src/main.ts, but should be ${workspaceRoot}/*compile directory eg. build*/main.js.
Also make sure the typescript recompiles the files to the target directory.