Debugging
Debugging on the Command Line
If you're using Electron 1.8 or later, you can specify the
--inspect-electron flag when running electron-forge start, which will set the Electron --inspectflag with the default debugger port.1
electron-forge start --inspect-electron
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This will allow you to open
chrome://inspect in Google Chrome and attach a debugger to the main process of your app.Debugging with VS Code
Debugging your Electron main process through VS Code is ridiculously easy with Forge. Simply add this as a launch config in VSCode and you're good to go.
You need to be using Electron 1.8 or later for this launch config to work.
If you are using < 1.8 you should really be updating Electron anyway.
launch.config
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{
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"type": "node",
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"request": "launch",
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"name": "Electron Main",
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"runtimeExecutable": "${workspaceFolder}/node_modules/.bin/electron-forge-vscode-nix",
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"windows": {
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"runtimeExecutable": "${workspaceFolder}/node_modules/.bin/electron-forge-vscode-win.cmd"
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},
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// runtimeArgs will be passed directly to your Electron application
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"runtimeArgs": [
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"foo",
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"bar"
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],
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"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
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}
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