ROS2 Development in VSCode

Code Completion

https://medium.com/@junbs95/code-completion-and-debugging-for-ros2-in-vscode-a4ede900d979

Debugger

You need to have a .vscode folder with the following configuration

c_cpp_properties.json
settings.json
launch.json
- This file contains debugger settings and helps to specify command-line arguments for debugging.
- You will mostly use this file for executing launch files with the debugger.
tasks.json

To run the colcon command from VSCode, you need to create the file tasks.json within the .vscode folder and populate it with the following content:

Note

When you start debugging, if your breakpoints aren’t bound (solid red circle) or they are not being hit, you may need to enable debug symbols during compilation.
```
add_compile_options(-g)
```
Link: My breakpoints aren’t being hit

Reference