TPI: Debugging Python, Test Attach configuration

[paulacamargo25]

Refs: microsoft/vscode-python#19503

• macOS @connor4312
• linux @rzhao271
• windows @luabud

Complexity: 3

Author: @paulacamargo25

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Prerequisites:

• Install python version >= 3.7
• Install the debugpy extension.

Part 1: Attach using Process Id

1. Run a python project in a external terminal, It can be a python program with an input, or a more complex application like django, flask FastApi.
2. Open vscode insiders, and open the folder with the python file/project.
3. Go to Run and debug, then Create a launch.json file
4. Select Debugpy > Attach using Process Id
5. Make sure the configuration has been created correctly, that is, that the type is debugpy, the name.
6. Run the configuration and select your application from the list.
7. Add breakpoint, change interpreters, play around with the debug a bit, to make sure everything is correct.
8. You can also try with the other attach configurations.