Executing the Appium Driver in debug mode on VSCode.

[ghost]

Hey, I'm trying to implement the getText() method for the RokuDriver, wanted to know if there were any steps to execute the codebase in debug mode after adding breakpoints on certain lines on VSCode to understand the codeflow.

I'm completely new to implementing API's on a driver level, so would appreciate any help or steps to understand the code.

I've run npm run test:e2e but I'm not able to get the execution to stop at the required line.

[jlipps]

When you say implementing the getText method, you mean you would like to contribute this implementation to the project? That would be great!

I don't really use VSCode so not sure, but I believe there is a way to set breakpoints in the driver code and it will drop you into a node debugger when you run it from the CLI.

[ghost]

Hey appreciate the response, currently I'm trying to get it to work for how I need it but if it does turn out to be feasible then I'll definitely raise a PR for it here!

I will look into that, what IDE do you use for developing new functionalities for the driver? I don't mind switching over if it makes understanding the code simpler.

[jlipps]

I just use vim 🤷