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The following sections explain how to debug SharePoint applications in Visual Studio. When you first debug a SharePoint solution in Visual Studio, a dialog box alerts you that the web.config file is not configured to enable debugging.
Why is my SharePoint debugging not working properly?
This means that some debugging functionality, such as breakpoints, will not work correctly. To disable the automatic activation of the feature in SharePoint and allow proper debugging of Feature Event Receivers, set the value of the project’s Active Deployment Configuration property to No Activation before debugging.
Debugging is essential to detect and resolve the issues. As SharePoint framework client web parts are developed using JavaScript, they can be easily debugged in the browser. The loadSPFx and debugManifestFile query string parameters can be used to debug the code during development.
How to debug modern SharePoint framework in Gulp?
gulp serve –config=helloWorld After running this command, gulp will start your web browser with the modern page specified in your configuration. The page will show a popup asking you to confirm that you now will be loading debug scripts. Once you confirm, the page will load with the extensions you specified in your serve configuration.
In this article, we will explore the options to debug the SharePoint framework solutions in order to find out the specific issue. Open the command prompt. Create a directory for SPFx solution. Navigate to the above-created directory. Run Yeoman SharePoint Generator to create the solution.
How to debug a workflow in Visual Studio?
When you debug workflow projects, Visual Studio adds the workflow template (depending on its type) to a library or to a list. You can then start the workflow template manually or by adding or updating an item. You can then use Visual Studio to debug the workflow.
To disable the automatic activation of the feature in SharePoint and allow proper debugging of Feature Event Receivers, set the value of the project’s Active Deployment Configuration property to No Activation before debugging. Then, after you start to debug your SharePoint application in Visual Studio, manually activate the feature in SharePoint.
Why do I need to debug feature event receivers?
Debug feature event receivers By default, when you run a Visual Studio SharePoint application, its features are automatically activated for you on the SharePoint server. However, this causes problems when you debug feature event receivers, because when a feature is activated by Visual Studio, it runs in a different process than the debugger.