How do you typically debug / write D code (Visual Studio - known to be broken in Error pane etc), VScode - I get this error...

[evilrat]

On Monday, 19 August 2024 at 10:59:33 UTC, Daniel Donnelly, Jr. 
wrote:
> I give up on Visual Studio VisualD plugin as it's had the same 
> issues for over five years, and currently my program runs from 
> the command line, but VisualD complains with a 528 nonsensical 
> errors.
>
> So I investigated using VScode instead (I do need a debugger), 
> and I get this:
>
> ```
> Couldn't find a debug adapter descriptor for debug type 
> 'code-d' (extension might have failed to activate)
> ```
>
> I have the D-support plugin installed and it auto-creates a 
> Launch config when I select it from the dropdown after clicking 
> Add Configuration.
>
> The launch.json config looks like this:
>
> ```
> {
>     // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
>     // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
>     // For more information, visit: 
> https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
>     "version": "0.2.0",
>     "configurations": [
>         {
>             "type": "code-d",
>             "request": "launch",
>             "dubBuild": true,
>             "name": "Build & Debug DUB project",
>             "cwd": "${command:dubWorkingDirectory}",
>             "program": "${command:dubTarget}"
>         }
>
>     ]
> }
>
> ```
>
> I've tried both DUB vs non-DUB launch config.  Same error 
> either way.
>
> So how do you guys efficiently debug D if there exists no 
> working environment or is there a nice IDE I'm unaware of?

In windows you need "C++" extension from Microsoft as it has 
native debugger for that OS.