November 2021 – Bruce Ng's software development blog

Error when installing SQL Server, SQL Browser service cannot be started

If this happens, launch the setup program again (maybe go to Control Panel -> Programs and Features -> Uninstall). Then choose Repair, browse and select the folder of the SQL Server setup files.

After reparing, run the installer again, installation will be successful.

Configured debug type ‘pwa-chrome’ is not supported when debugging Cordova app in Visual Studio Code

When trying to debug an Ionic Angular application in an older version of Visual Studio Code, this error shows up.

Follow the checklist

Use a Visual Studio Code version that supports debugging, if your code is too old newer versions will stop working.
Make sure the Chrome Debugger extension is installed and enabled, if it’s greyed out in the Extension list, uninstall and reinstall it.
Do the same thing for Cordova Tools extension, if you can’t find it, use an even older version of VSC.
- The safest bet is to use the version used to develop the app.

The best way is to update your code base to newer versions of languages, frameworks and libraries so you can use newer tools to debug the application. Otherwise this is a workaround.