dotfiles_skeleton VS nvim-dap

You can also use my dotfiles skeleton to see, if you have different demands. https://github.com/matu3ba/dotfiles_skeleton

Personally it would have helped me to start outright with version tracking and documenting common workflows with dotfiles, for examples starting with my skeleton https://github.com/matu3ba/dotfiles_skeleton

Setup dotfiles to quickly restore broken configs. One simple options is https://github.com/matu3ba/dotfiles_skeleton

My position is that shells should be as simple as possible and any computations and tooling besides simple arithmetic be externalized: https://github.com/matu3ba/dotfiles_skeleton/blob/main/POSIXunsafe

I would recommend for you to start simple and incrementally improve or change plugins you dont like with dotfiles. My relative minimal dotfiles missing JavaScript lsp, debugger etc](https://github.com/matu3ba/dotfiles).

I dont believe there is "a best way", since requirements for dotfiles differ. For simple replications my [dotfile skeleton](https://github.com/matu3ba/dotfiles_skeleton) using fd with ignorefiles worked fine for me.

For easy managing your dotfiles on Linux (did not test Mac) you can usw my dotfiles skeleton.

Guess then you need to minimise the config to track down the issue. Do you use dotfiles? You could use my skeleton to easily branch and reset etc.

Create dotfiles or something different for versioning You can use my https://github.com/matu3ba/dotfiles_skeleton

There are DAP extensions for both Vim (e.g. https://github.com/puremourning/vimspector) and NeoVim (https://github.com/mfussenegger/nvim-dap). I can't speak as to the experience in detail (I think I briefly played with nvim-dap a year or two ago), but I suspect that for most it will be good enough.

https://github.com/mfussenegger/nvim-dap/issues/1062 https://github.com/mfussenegger/nvim-dap/issues/737

Also, you can set up debugger integration with https://github.com/mfussenegger/nvim-dap .

You could use nvim-dap with nvim-dap-python.

I'd suggest starting with a Neovim distro that makes things work for you and as you get familiar you can transition to a more custom configuration as you see fit. If you want to do it by yourself then the most popular plugin for debugging in Neovim is nvim-dap and there is also an extension for Python to give you a more ready to go config instead of doing it yourself. You should read the docs of those 2 to see how you should customize accordingly your configuration.

(neovim only) nvim-dap

https://github.com/mfussenegger/nvim-dap + https://github.com/theHamsta/nvim-dap-virtual-text should be able to do it, I think?

If you want to debug types in TypeScript, you could use marilari88/twoslash-queries.nvim. If you would like to debug TypeScript/JavaScript code, then you need mfussenegger/nvim-dap, you could read this article: Debugging using DAP to understand how to set up it.