VSCode extension for Roku BrightScript Debug Protocol

Roku provides a VSCode extension for debugging channels with the BrightScript remote network debug protocol.

Installation

1. Install python 3.5+.

   • You can explicitly specify the path to the python executable. Use "pathToPython" field in the JSON configuration. This is useful if python3.5+ cannot be installed globally by default.

   • The path to the python3 executable may be specified with the pathToPython var in run confuguration if it is not available to run globally.

   • For Windows, add the Roku debug VSCode extension to the global PATH variable

2. Download the roku-debug-2.0.0+4.zip file and extract it.

3. Open Visual Studio Code and install the extracted roku-debug-2.0.0+4.vsix file.

   

Getting started

To use this extension, follow these steps:

1. Add the debug config with the required data. All folders should exist. The extension does not have rights to create folders.
2. Run your Roku channel with the debug protocol

Features

• Pause executions (all threads)
• Receive threads list
• Recieve backtrace of current thread
• Continue execution (all threads)
• Stop execution

Launch config parameters overview

Parameter	Default	Description
rokuIp	Prompt shown if doesn't set	IP Address of Roku device
devPassword	""	Roku developer password. This must be entered before debugging.
projectRootFolder	${workspaceFolder}	Project root folder. Default is currently open folder.
outFolder	${workspaceFolder}/out	Project out folder for zip file
trace	true	Enables logging of the Debug Adapter Protocol.
(optional) pathToPython	""	Path to python3.5+ executable. Use if bin is not available in env.
(optional) javaPath	""	Path to java executable. Use if bin is not available in env.
(dev usage only) debugToolPath	""	Path to the rokudebug.py tool

Known issues:

• Roku devices may reboot during launch