Quick debugging notes

systems/debugging/settings.md

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+Here are some launch.json configurations that sandersn uses
+
+## Hard-coded file:
+
+This starts much faster than a full test run. I update the compiler flags each time I debug something new.
+
+    {
+      "name": "welove.ts",
+      "program": "${workspaceRoot}/built/local/tsc.js",
+      "request": "launch",
+      "skipFiles": [
+        "<node_internals>/**"
+      ],
+      "sourceMaps": true,
+      "smartStep": true,
+      "args": ["--noEmit", "--skipLibCheck", "--strict", "--exactOptionalPropertyTypes", "/home/nathansa/src/test/welove.ts"],
+      "env": {
+        "NODE_ENV": "testing"
+      },
+      "type": "pwa-node",
+      "console": "integratedTerminal",
+      "outFiles": [ "${workspaceRoot}/built/local/tsc.js"]
+    },
+
+I also have a Javascript and JSX target that are nearly identical.
+
+## Currently opened test
+
+This debugs the current test file that's open in VS Code.
+
+    {
+      "type": "pwa-node",
+      "protocol": "inspector",
+      "request": "launch",
+      "name": "Mocha Tests (currently opened test)",
+      "runtimeArgs": ["--nolazy"],
+      "program": "${workspaceRoot}/node_modules/mocha/bin/_mocha",
+      "args": [
+        "-u",
+        "bdd",
+        "--no-timeouts",
+        "--colors",
+        "built/local/run.js",
+        "-f",
+        // You can change this to be the name of a specific test file (without the file extension)
+        // to consistently launch the same test
+        "${fileBasenameNoExtension}",
+      ],
+      "env": {
+        "NODE_ENV": "testing"
+      },
+      "sourceMaps": true,
+      "smartStep": true,
+      "preLaunchTask": "gulp: tests",
+      "console": "integratedTerminal",
+      "outFiles": [
+        "${workspaceRoot}/built/local/run.js"
+      ]
+    },
+
+I also made a hard-coded variant, as suggested by the comment.
+
+## Attach to running tsc
+
+This is sometimes useful when I want to build a complex project with `tsc -b` and then debug it.
+
+    {
+      "name": "9229",
+      "port": 9229,
+      "request": "attach",
+      "skipFiles": [
+        "<node_internals>/**"
+      ],
+      "type": "pwa-node",
+      "env": {
+        "NODE_ENV": "testing"
+      },
+      "sourceMaps": true,
+      "outFiles": [ "${workspaceRoot}/built/local/tsc.js"]
+    },