- This folder contains all of the files necessary for your extension.
package.json
- this is the manifest file in which you declare your extension and command. The sample plugin registers a command and defines its title and command name. With this information VS Code can show the command in the command palette. It doesn’t yet need to load the plugin.packages/extension/extension.ts
- this is the main file where you will provide the implementation of your command. The file exports one function,activate
, which is called the very first time your extension is activated (in this case by executing the command). Inside theactivate
function we callregisterCommand
. We pass the function containing the implementation of the command as the second parameter toregisterCommand
.
- Press
F5
to open a new window with your extension loaded. - Run your command from the command palette by pressing (
Ctrl+Shift+P
orCmd+Shift+P
on Mac) and typingHello World
. - Set breakpoints in your code inside
packages/extension/extension.ts
to debug your extension. - Find output from your extension in the debug console.
- You can relaunch the extension from the debug toolbar after changing code in
packages/extension/extension.ts
. - You can also reload (
Ctrl+R
orCmd+R
on Mac) the VS Code window with your extension to load your changes.
- You can open the full set of our API when you open the file
node_modules/vscode/vscode.d.ts
.
- Open the debug viewlet (
Ctrl+Shift+D
orCmd+Shift+D
on Mac) and from the launch configuration dropdown pickLaunch Tests
. - Press
F5
to run the tests in a new window with your extension loaded. - See the output of the test result in the debug console.
- Make changes to
test/extension.test.ts
or create new test files inside thetest
folder.- By convention, the test runner will only consider files matching the name pattern
**.test.ts
. - You can create folders inside the
test
folder to structure your tests any way you want.
- By convention, the test runner will only consider files matching the name pattern