Being able to debug a malfunctioning piece of software is a must-have skill for every developer and sysadmin. Equally important is being able to capture the state of a running script in production to troubleshoot and fix issues efficiently.

This presentation dives into how the Visual Studio Code debugger can be used to track what’s happening during the execution of PowerShell code. Using a few code samples, (non-obvious) bugs can be discovered and understood in practically no time.

Key debugging principles, navigation techniques, and the most useful VSCode view elements are demonstrated with real-world use cases, showing how to inspect, pause, and analyze scripts in both development and production environments.