Microsoft's cross-platform code editor Visual Studio Code (VS Code) now has a built-in JavaScript debugger. That's one less step JavaScript developers need to complete when debugging a project.

That built-in experience comes via vscode-js-debug, a GitHub project described as a Debugger Adapter Protocol -based JavaScript debugger that works with Node.js, Chrome, Edge, WebView2 and VS Code ...

VS Code version 1.42 is available today for Windows 10, macOS, and Linux systems, bringing a host of new features and improvements for developers and users on the Insider preview edition.

Node.js A little bit about Node.js, it is a beautifully written cross-platform open-source JavaScript runtime environment built on Google’s Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine.