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?

What's your OS?

Debugging works very nice with vscode:

        {
            "name": "game: client",
            "type": "lldb",
            "request": "launch",
            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/bin/game",
            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/bin",
        },

use: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vadimcn.vscode-lldb

if you are on windows, you can try https://github.com/EpicGamesExt/raddebugger (from rad/Epic Games), they plan to make it crossplatform

When i was using windows, i was using: https://remedybg.itch.io/remedybg, paid but it works

On Monday, 19 August 2024 at 13:05:55 UTC, ryuukk_ wrote:

        {
            "name": "game: client",
            "type": "lldb",
            "request": "launch",
            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/bin/game",
            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/bin",
        },

How do I get LLDB to work? I would like to Debug / edit from one app, or is RAD Debugger worth it as a standalone?

This is why i asked you what OS you use, but you didn't answer

Click on the link bellow the screenshot and follow the doc

And post log about errors you encounter, otherwise i can't help you, i am not on your PC

On Monday, 19 August 2024 at 10:59:33 UTC, Daniel Donnelly, Jr. wrote:

Use gdb; unless you’re running macOS, in which case use the version of lldb included in the macOS developer tools package.

On Monday, 19 August 2024 at 10:59:33 UTC, Daniel Donnelly, Jr. wrote:

Couldn't find a debug adapter descriptor for debug type 'code-d' (extension might have failed to activate)

{
    // 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}"
        }

    ]
}

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