Can't debug microservices that change

[blakemcbride]

Greetings,

I have written a microservice system that allows me to change code while the system is running. In development, this has the benefit of not requiring any re-compiles. I can just change the code while it is running and the new code gets run automatically. This really speeds up development time.

In a production environment, I can update the system while it is running! Everything is always fully compiled. When I attempt to run a method the system notices when the source file changes and automatically re-compiles it.

It works with Java and Groovy but I mainly use Groovy because I can easily tell which are microservices and which are not. The source code for this system is available at GitHub - blakemcbride/Kiss: Kiss Web Development Framework

When I change some microcode (and it gets re-compiled and re-loaded), the debugger doesn’t understand that the code has changed. It still references the old code. This is a problem I have with every IDE except IntelliJ. IntelliJ understands and correctly handles it.

This one issue prevents me from using or recommending VSCode.