URL: https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server/issues/785
Configuring VSC's launch.json to launch webpack-dev-server
webpack-dev-server not working from debugger vscode.
I occur the same problem. After tried different ways, the follow config is working.
launch.json
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"type": "node",
"request": "launch",
"name": "Launch Program",
// "program": "cd ${workspaceFolder};npm run dev"
"program": "${workspaceFolder}\node_modules\\webpack-dev-server\\bin\\webpack-dev-server.js",
"args": [
"-d",
"--inline",
"--progress",
"--config",
"build\\webpack.dev.conf.js"
],
"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
}
]
}