Debugging Blazor WASM apps in VS Code no longer requires installing JavaScript Debugger Nightly extension

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Debugging Blazor WASM apps in VS Code no longer requires installing JavaScript Debugger Nightly extension

As of the June release of VS Code, the JavaScript debugger is bundled into VS Code and users no longer need to install a nightly to be able to be able to debug Blazor WASM applications in VS Code.

Version introduced

This change affects all versions of Blazor WebAssembly under the June release of VS Code.

Old behavior

Users needed to install the JavaScript Debugger (Nightly) extension in order to debug Blazor WASM applications in VS Code.

New behavior

Users no longer need to install the JavaScript Debugger (Nightly) extension to debug Blazor WASM applications in VS Code.

Reason for change

The JavaScript debugger is now bundled with VS Code instead of delivered via an extension dependency.

Recommended action

Users who are not interested in using the nightly builds of the JavaScript debugger for other reasons should uninstall the JavaScript Debugger (Nightly) extension.

Category

ASP.NET

Affected APIs

Not detectable via API analysis

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Issue metadata

• Issue type: announcement