Add a .vscode/launch.json file to the default project template to ease out-of-the-box debugging in VSCode.

.vscode/launch.json

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "configurations": [
+    {
+      "name": "Launch Booster App",
+      "type": "node-terminal",
+      "request": "launch",
+      "program": "${workspaceFolder}/src/index.ts",
+      "preLaunchTask": "tsc: build",
+      "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
+      "outFiles": ["${workspaceFolder}/dist/**/*.js"],
+      "sourceMaps": true,
+      "env": {
+        "NODE_ENV": "development"
+      },
+      "console": "integratedTerminal",
+      "internalConsoleOptions": "neverOpen",
+      "skipFiles": ["<node_internals>/**"]
+    }
+  ]   
+}

packages/cli/src/services/project-initializer.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import * as configTs from '../templates/project/config-ts'
 import * as indexTs from '../templates/project/index-ts'
 import * as prettierRc from '../templates/project/prettierrc-yaml'
 import * as mochaRc from '../templates/project/mocharc-yml'
+import * as launchJson from '../templates/project/launch-json'
 import { guardError, wrapExecError } from '../common/errors'
 import { PackageManagerService } from './package-manager'
 import { gen, mapError, pipe, unsafeRunEffect } from '@boostercloud/framework-types/dist/effect'
@@ -107,4 +108,5 @@ const filesToGenerate: Array<[Array<string>, string]> = [
   [['src', 'config', 'config.ts'], configTs.template],
   [['src', 'index.ts'], indexTs.template],
   [['.mocharc.yml'], mochaRc.template],
+  [['.vscode','launch.json'],launchJson.template], 
 ]

packages/cli/src/templates/project/index.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import * as GitIgnore from './gitignore'
 import * as IndexTs from './index-ts'
 import * as PackageJson from './package-json'
 import * as TsconfigJson from './tsconfig-json'
+import * as LaunchJson from './launch-json'
 
 export const templates = {
   configTs: ConfigTs.template,
@@ -12,4 +13,5 @@ export const templates = {
   indexTs: IndexTs.template,
   packageJson: PackageJson.template,
   tsconfigJson: TsconfigJson.template,
+  launchJson: LaunchJson.template,
 }

packages/cli/src/templates/project/launch-json.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+export const template = '{
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+      // Runs npx boost -e local
+      {
+        "command": "npm run build && npx boost start -e local",
+        "name": "Start Debug Server",
+        "request": "launch",
+        "type": "node-terminal",
+        "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
+      },
+    ]
+  }'