Tag: dap

• Constructing the Core: Foundations of a Z80 Debugger

  2026-01-22 | Series: debug80diaries | Tags: debug80, z80, vscode, dap, assemblers

  The first step in building Debug80 was establishing a stable bridge between the VS Code Debug Adapter Protocol and the Z80 execution environment. This article explores the initial DAP implementation and the integration of the asm80 assembler.

• The VS Code Skeleton

  2026-01-20 | Series: debug80diaries | Tags: debug80, vscode, dap, typescript, architecture

  

  Building a debugger means implementing the Debug Adapter Protocol. For Debug80, I chose an inline implementation to keep the connection between the interface and the machine model as tight as possible.