debugger.md

Debuggers

When running the server, using the argument --waitForDebug will tell the manage.py file to wait for a debugger to be attached before initializing the Django environment and running the command.

VSCode

To attach the debugger in VSCode you are required to install a python debugger (i.e. extension) and create a launch.json file, you can do this through the Run and Debug menu, which contains the following configuration:

{
    "name": "Attach Debugger",
    "type": "debugpy",
    "request": "attach",
    "connect": {
        "host": "localhost",
        "port": 5678
    }
}

After running the server with the debug argument i.e:

python manage.py runserver --waitForDebug

You should see something like this:

###
 Waiting for debugger on port 5678! Either attach a debugger or run without the '--waitForDebug' arg. 
###

You can now run the launch.json file through the Run and Debug menu, or by hitting F5

Code related to attaching debugger can be found here.