Debugging not working in Visual Studio Code with Python

Question

I'm fairly new to python and to date I've been using Komodo as my interpreter. I decided to try something more robust, so I installed Visual Studio Code version 1.23.1 and I'm running Python 3.6.4. When I run a basic script it runs properly, but I noticed in the debugger window none of the variables appear, in fact nothing appears. Not sure what I've done wrong. The debug is set to DEBUE Python: Current File.

Kellen · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-11 14:29:18Z

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By default VSCode's debugger will execute your file until it either encounters a breakpoint (or exception) or your program exits. To change this behavior, set "stopOnEntry": true your launch.json configuration like so:

"configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Python: Current File",
            "type": "python",
            "request": "launch",
            "program": "${file}",
            // Add this line
            "stopOnEntry": true
        },
        // other configurations
        ...
}

answered May 11, 2018 at 14:29

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caddie Over a year ago

Ok, thank you! I swill make this change and see how it goes.

Timo Over a year ago

When I click F1 > Debug open launch.json > Select Environment - there is no python option, but node, chrome, edge.. Python is installed in c:/python, in the path and the python debugger extension also.

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