How to start frontend & backend debugging at the same time with intellij?

Question

I'm trying to set up a run configuration to start Javascript debug & debug of my frontend at the same time. It is possible to start both debug sessions manually and it works. But I have to do this after every change.

It would be nice to have them both restarted in debug mode. I can set the server to run before the js debug in the run config, but this waits until the server is stopped to start the js debug. I also tried to set an npm config. This works because I use pm2 to start the server in background, but not in debug mode.

Thanks for your Help

Answer 1

If you are using Node.js run configuration to start your server, you can use Browser/Live Edit tab to start client-side debugging on starting your server: just specify your application URL there and check both After launch and with JavaScript debugger options

If you start your server with NPM script, your only option is using the Multirun plugin for running both npm start and JavaScript Debug run configurations concurrently