Debugging PowerShell with and without VS Code

Debugging PowerShell with and without VS Code

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Debugging PowerShell with and without VS Code
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In this video I explain how to debug PowerShell code using VS Code's native features and the native PowerShell debugger.

My demo file – https://github.com/johnthebrit/RandomStuff/blob/master/PowerShellStuff/DebugDemo.ps1
PowerShell 7 – https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell
VS Code – https://code.visualstudio.com/download

00:00 Introduction
03:38 Example project
06:00 Add breakpoints
07:05 Using the debugger
08:40 Get in and cross
13:55 Demo code walkthrough
16:30 Functional breakpoints
22:10 PSRetrieve Breakpoint
24:40 Breakpoints for expressions and hit counts
29:10 Call list
30:03 Create breakpoint from Powershell
31:00 Native PowerShell debugging
35:27 Mixing commands together
39:55 Summary and conclusion

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