VS Code extension development requires Node.js. Our development workflow has been tested with 1.17.9, but newer versions should work. Older versions may break.
You can install a recent copy of Node by any of the following
a. Downloading Node from its website and placing it on your PATH
b. Downloading Node via nvm c. Downloading Node from CIPD and placing it on your PATH
Read about extensions, concepts and guides: Extension Anatomy.
To run the extension:
npm install vsce
git clean -xdf
[^3] (WARNING: this will delete everything not tracked by git)npm ci
[^1]npm test
npx vsce package --baseContentUrl https://fuchsia.googlesource.com/vscode-plugins/+/refs/heads/main/
[^2][^1]: npm ci
is like npm install
, except that it re-downloads a clean copy of the node_modules
directory using package-lock.json
and errors out if package-lock.json
ii out of sync with package.json
[^2]: npx
runs commands from npm packages without having to globally install them
[^3]: this cleans out any files that are not tracked by git, to ensure we have a clean build, in case we missed anything in our .vscodeignore
See the docs at the top of feature-flags.ts for more details.