4.7.1.1 Start and Stop Debugging
To debug an application in MPLAB for VS Code, you must create a project containing your source code so that the code may be built, programmed into your device, and executed.
Click on 
to start Run and Debug. If you do not have a launch.json file, you may
be asked if you want to create one. Then proceed to launch the project. You should see a
Debug Toolbar with controls shown below.
 | Execute project code in debug mode. |
 | Pause or halt code execution. |
 | Continue code execution after a pause or halt. |
 | For paused/halted code, Step Into or execute one instruction. Be careful not to step into a Sleep instruction or you will have to perform a Reset Device to resume emulation. |
 | For paused/halted code, Step Over an instruction. |
 | For paused/halted code, Step Out of an instruction |
 | Finish the debug session, which ends code execution. |
 | Restart code execution. |
 | Reset device |