The directory .vscode is left here on purposed. For more info, take a look at this link

This stucture relies under the ptvsd python package. Make sure you install it first with pip install ptvsd. The customize.py is only a wrapper that could contais all your code customize. The purpose is to keep the main code as much clean as possible.

At the very top of your python script do:

import customize

Setup the Dockerfile, changing the replace the hello.py for the script you desire to debug remotelly.

CMD [ "python", "hello.py" ]

Make the project! The Makefile has three types os configs: install, debug and bash. They are pretty straightfoward. Call make install first to build a docker image that outta be debugged.

The docker image will have the same name as your folder. Make sure you give a recognizable name :D.

The launch.json will launch the remote debugger and the preLaunchTask flag is set to run the make debug taks under the tasks.json.

The whole setup is exhibit down bellow

This a quite simple example more advance stuffed refer to this link