Run AngularJS Tutorial with VSCode

I was hoping to try VSCode on the AngularJS tutorial, say step 1, and get debugging and building working.

I was able to get it running, but it's a bit of a hack and VSCode doesn't like it.

{
"version": "0.1.0",
// List of configurations. Add new configurations or edit existing ones.  
// ONLY "node" and "mono" are supported, change "type" to switch.
"configurations": [
    {
        // Name of configuration; appears in the launch configuration drop down menu.
        "name": "Launch app.js",
        // Type of configuration. Possible values: "node", "mono".
        "type": "node",
        // Workspace relative or absolute path to the program.
        "program": "app\\js\\app.js",
        // Automatically stop program after launch.
        "stopOnEntry": true,
        // Command line arguments passed to the program.
        "args": [],
        // Workspace relative or absolute path to the working directory of the program being debugged. Default is the current workspace.
        "cwd": ".",
        // Workspace relative or absolute path to the runtime executable to be used. Default is the runtime executable on the PATH.
        "runtimeExecutable": "run.bat",
        // Environment variables passed to the program.
        "env": { }
    }, 
    {
        "name": "Attach",
        "type": "node",
        // TCP/IP address. Default is "localhost".
        "address": "localhost",
        // Port to attach to.
        "port": 5858
    }
]

}

I get an "Error Connection failed" even though it is actually running in a separate command prompt window.

Is there a way to for VSCode to debug a simple application like this that only uses package.json start like this:

"start": "http-server -a 0.0.0.0 -p 8000"

Thanks, Derek