Debug NodeJS with Visual Studio Code on Windows and Linux

Windows

1. Download Visual Studio Code
2. Download and Install Node.JS
3. Restart Visual Studio Code if it was opened
4. Create a dummy file to test like hello.js with this content :
5. In Visual Studio Code, open the folder containing this file above.
6. From the left side of Visual Studio Code, double-click the file hello.js
7. Click on the top bar menu "Debug". It should work.

Linux

This is a bit more tricky,  but possible. The solution is to run an extra command-line to setup a SSH tunnel between the host (windows) and the target (linux)

1. Download Visual Studio Code
2. Download and Install Node.JS
3. Restart Visual Studio Code if it was opened
4. Create a test JS file to test like hello.js with this content :
5. Upload the JS file on the linux box
6. Run the JS file with debugger arguments:
7. WINDOWS: Open a SSH tunnel on the machien with Visual Studio Code
   Open a cmd.exe prompt and type :
   $ ssh -L 9229:127.0.0.1:9229 maik@remote-node-host

References

https://maikthulhu.github.io/2019-05-17-remote-debugging-node-vscode/