Install Node.js from: https://nodejs.org/en/ This installs in /usr/local/bin/node and /usr/local/bin/npm
Thin install Yoeman. I had to Stop Little Snitch even though I wasn in passive mode for some reason.
sudo npm install -g yo generator-code
NOTE: on Windows at work because of Palo HTTPS decrypt, I kept getting errors from npm about self-signed certs. I finally got around it by telling npm to use the http repository and not the https one:
npm config set registry http://registry.npmjs.org/
Install the Typescript compiler
sudo npm install -g typescript
Install the node types
npm install @types/node
The vsce tool is for managing VS Code Extensions. Install the command with
sudo npm install -g vsce
Then to create a .vsix package for installing, cd to the root folder of the extension and enter
vsce package
This will create a .vsix file that can be installed with code. Note that if you get an error about changing README.md, you have to change the first few lines of the file. Apparently, vsce checks for this to encourage you to write some real documentation for the extension before publishing it.
You can install the extension with
code --install-extension todotxt-mode-0.0.1.vsix
I had to restart VS code to see the effect. You can uninstall it from the UI or
using code --uninstall-extension.
You can publish new versions with vsce publish and auto-increment the version with one of the additional args: major, minor or patch to increment the three pats of the releasve version x.y.z, respectively.
I typically use
vsce publish patch
to increment the patch portion (i.e. 1.2.3 -> 1.2.4). Make sure you udpate everything including CHANGELOG.md and check everything in and push first.
I've also started publishing to OVSX, described here: https://www.gitpod.io/blog/open-vsx/
npx ovsx publish -p <token>