How to use visual studio code to debug django

Question

I'm new at django development and come from desktop/mobile app development with Xcode and related IDE.

I have to use Django and I was wondering if there was an efficient way to debug it using Visual Studio Code (or Atom).

Any help related to Django IDE would be helpful too.

Answer 1

For VSCode (full disclosure, I'm one of the VSCode developers) try installing the Python extension to get started.

This documentation covers debugging Django. There should be a included debug configuration or you can add your own to the launch.json file:

{     "name": "Django",     "type": "python",     "request": "launch",     "stopOnEntry": false,     "pythonPath": "${config.python.pythonPath}",     "program": "${workspaceRoot}/manage.py",     "args": [         "runserver",         "--no-color",         "--noreload"     ],     "debugOptions": [         "WaitOnAbnormalExit",         "WaitOnNormalExit",         "RedirectOutput",         "DjangoDebugging"     ] } 

The Python extension also provide many other features that you may find useful.

Hope that helps you get started.