VSCode debugging with Create-React-App - debugging

Question

I'd like to set my VS Code to debug my React-app created using 'create-react-app'.
I've tried this configuration:
{
"version": "0.1.0",
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Launch node",
"type": "node",
"request": "launch",
"program": "${workspaceRoot}/src/index.js",
"cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
"preLaunchTask": null,
"runtimeExecutable": null,
"runtimeArgs": [
"--nolazy"
],
"env": {
"NODE_ENV": "development"
},
"sourceMaps": true,
"outFiles": []
},
{
"name": "Attach",
"type": "node",
"request": "attach",
"port": 9222,
"address": "localhost",
"restart": false,
"sourceMaps": false,
"localRoot": "${workspaceRoot}",
"remoteRoot": null
}
]
}
but I get error the following error:
Debugger listening on port 11198
e:\form\src\index.js:1
(function (exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) { import React from 'react';
^^^^^^
SyntaxError: Unexpected reserved word
...
I guess I need to set the 'preLaunchTask' to babel or the 'outFiles' to some dist folder, but I have no idea where should I point it to.
I'll be grateful for ideas.
tnx

Answer 1

Your config is not correct. It should be:
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [{
"name": "Chrome",
"type": "chrome",
"request": "launch",
"url": "http://localhost:3000",
"webRoot": "${workspaceRoot}/src",
"userDataDir": "${workspaceRoot}/.vscode/chrome",
"sourceMapPathOverrides": {
"webpack:///src/*": "${webRoot}/*"
}
}]
}
For more details: https://create-react-app.dev/docs/setting-up-your-editor/#debugging-in-the-editor