I wrote an article on how to get the Visual Studio Code Debugger going in phoenix and elixir. Debugging Phoenix and Elixir Applications in Visual Studio Code. | by Brooklin Myers | Geek Culture | Jun, 2021 | Medium hope it helps you and other folks!
Got the debugging with breakpoints, watches, variables, etc working. Showed examples using the IEx shell for a phoenix project, and got debugging tests working for both a phoenix and an elixir project.
I could not get the IEx shell working with debugging in a plain elixir project though. I’d get the error :elixir_ls_expression_timeout. Seems like I’m not the only person experiencing it too: ElixirLs Debugger on VSCode getting :elixir_ls_expression_timeout - #3 by mingyar.furtado
If anyone figures out the problem I’d be happy to update the article and credit you if you’d like.
