# Extremely slow debugging in VS Code

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/extremely-slow-debugging-in-vs-code/124762
**Category:** New to Julia
**Tags:** question, debugging, vscode
**Created:** [January 14, 2025, 1:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/extremely-slow-debugging-in-vs-code/124762 "2025-01-14T13:18:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
**Showing post:** 3

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![MatthijsCox](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/matthijscox/32/42831_2.png) [@MatthijsCox](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/MatthijsCox)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/extremely-slow-debugging-in-vs-code/124762/3 "2025-01-14T15:33:48Z")

</div>

I think what @xgdgsc is trying to say is that Infiltrator.jl is a very nice, very fast debugger (though REPL-based). I myself also use it as my main debugger.

For usage, see the blog post above, the [Infiltrator.jl docs](https://juliadebug.github.io/Infiltrator.jl/dev/) and for example this discourse [How to use Infiltrator? - General Usage - Julia Programming Language](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-use-infiltrator/124305/7).

Adding the `@infiltrate` (or `Main.@infiltrate`) statement to your code, is kinda like adding a debug point in the VSCode editor.

---

_[View the full topic](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/extremely-slow-debugging-in-vs-code/124762)._