Add guidance on how to debug the application (VS / VS Code Debugger)

[luisquintanilla]

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[Autoradiowecker]

I have the same Issue. Any suggestions to debugging the project with VS 2022?

[luisquintanilla]

Once you've provisioned resources with azd up, you can set the MinimalApi as your startup project in VS and start debugging like any other .NET application from there.

[aaronpowell]

Once you've provisioned resources with azd up, you can set the MinimalApi as your startup project in VS and start debugging like any other .NET application from there.

Will the .env from azd be included when you launch the debugger in VS, or do you need to manually bring the environment variables into the appsettings.json file?

As an aside, there's a blocker in VS Code support, #183, due to an azd bug. But I have started work on some small improvements to the VS Code experience in #184

[luisquintanilla]

Will the .env from azd be included when you launch the debugger in VS, or do you need to manually bring the environment variables into the appsettings.json file?

It won't. You'll have to set the environment variables manually.

[aaronpowell]

That's what I thought. I might see about taking it up with the azd VS extension team to see if we can get some way to get that file (like in VS Code) to then load the env vars

[elbruno]

I'll be submitting a PR that works with managed identities. Once the services are deployed, 2 steps are required for local dev using VS2022 (the local credential in VS2022 is a fun experience). I'll write a step-by-step and also record a short video to support this.

Best

[klinki]

@elbruno any news on this? I'm also trying to get it working locally