Extension Pack Template

Template to create a new visual studio code extension pack

What's in the folder

• This folder contains all of the files necessary for your extension pack.
• package.json - this is the manifest file that defines the list of extensions of the extension pack.

Get up and running straight away

• Press F5 to open a new window with your extension loaded.
• Open Extensions Viewlet and check your extensions are installed.

Make changes

• You can relaunch the extension from the debug toolbar after making changes to the files listed above.
• You can also reload (Ctrl+R or Cmd+R on Mac) the VS Code window with your extension to load your changes.

Install your extension

• To start using your extension with Visual Studio Code copy it into the <user home>/.vscode/extensions folder and restart Code.
• To share your extension with the world, read on https://code.visualstudio.com/docs about publishing an extension.

Explaining scripts

• build: Executes build:clean, build:install and build:package scripts in that order.
• build:clean: Removes any .vsix file and the node_modules folder in the repository.
• build:install: Install dependencies with npm to obtain the package-lock.json file.
• build:package: Create a .vsix file with the packaged extension with the current configuration.
• deploy: Executes deploy:confirm, build and deploy:publish scripts in that order.
• deploy:confirm: Shows a prompt to verify the deploying of the package.
• deploy:publish: Publish the extension pack into the extension marketplace.
• eslint:check: Checks the code lint on the project.
• eslint:fix: Fixes the code lint of the project by updating the files that need it.
• prettier:check: Checks the code format on the project.
• prettier:format: Format the code lint of the project by updating the files that need it.
• refresh: Executes refresh:clean, npm init and refresh:clear scripts in that order.
• refresh:clean: Deletes the repository-related metadata attributes from the package.json to update them with the npm init command.
• refresh:clear: Delete unnecessary attributes and sort the package.json.