Locally Debug Lambda Functions with the AWS Toolkit for VS Code
Why Stack Overflow recommends it
Stack Overflow users link it when documentation for local Lambda debugging in VS Code is unclear and a visual walkthrough of the AWS Toolkit and SAM workflow helps.
Recommended by 2 people across 2 different months, 2021 to 2022.
What it is
A short AWS demo in which AM Grobelny and Nicki Klein show how to use the AWS Toolkit for VS Code to invoke a Lambda function and attach the debugger so the project runs locally. It is an official Amazon Web Services walkthrough from 2019.
What people said
Recommends Ray Garcia · 2022-06 · Stack Overflow · on “How to Debug AWS python lambdas using serverless offline through VS Code?”
Alot has changed since you asked the question, but i thought i would share some useful links that helped me sort this out. You will need the sam cli [LINK] You will need aws tool kit for vs code [LINK] Make sure Docker is installed locally [LINK] AWS docs to debug within VSCODE [LINK] Also, I found this simple instructional [this video] Happy debugging!
Recommends Jeremy Thompson · 2022-07 · Stack Overflow · on “Local debug Python Lambda function”
At this point if you're following the documentation and getting an error, try a video that shows how its done and see what's missing. [this video] and [LINK] this 2nd one looks better
Cites robertbeb · 2021-01 · Stack Overflow · on “How to create Go appllication in sam in VS Code”
I am trying to build and test locally go "hello world" lambda example in VS Code. In future I would like to test my lambdas and API Gateway locally. go version go1.15.6 linux/amd64. sam cli - SAM CLI, version 1.15.0 After ctrl+shift+p > "Creat new SAM application", there is no "golang" option in the list. This is complete list of options (dotnet, node and python). [LINK] I know it should be there (1min 32 sec) aws SAM golang examle presentation [this video] How to choose go?