How to use visual studio code to debug django

Question

I'm new at django development and come from desktop/mobile app development with Xcode and related IDE.

I have to use Django and I was wondering if there was an efficient way to debug it using Visual Studio Code (or Atom).

Any help related to Django IDE would be helpful too.

Answer 1

For VSCode (full disclosure, I'm one of the VSCode developers) try installing the Python extension to get started.

This documentation covers debugging Django. There should be a included debug configuration or you can add your own to the launch.json file:

{
    "name": "Django",
    "type": "python",
    "request": "launch",
    "stopOnEntry": false,
    "pythonPath": "${config.python.pythonPath}",
    "program": "${workspaceRoot}/manage.py",
    "args": [
        "runserver",
        "--no-color",
        "--noreload"
    ],
    "debugOptions": [
        "WaitOnAbnormalExit",
        "WaitOnNormalExit",
        "RedirectOutput",
        "DjangoDebugging"
    ]
}

The Python extension also provide many other features that you may find useful.

Hope that helps you get started.