VSCode Plugin Built From Source Tutorial

[fairbanksscales-dev]

Purpose

Aid in newcomers being able to contribute and trouble shoot on VSCode platform. Be a starting point for new developers to learn about how plugins are built for VSCode.

Build the Project

When I went to try to build the project from source and use only the dependencies listed in the wiki for building from source I ran into some missing dependencies. For me on Debian bookworm I needed libunwind-dev and libbfd-dev to get it to successfully build. There might be other dependencies need depending on distro and package manager.

Making VSCode Plugin For Local Testing

This part I haven't tried yet so it might be as simple as a few links I read up on the process make is seem but would be nice to have someone that knows document it fully.

Links

• https://code.visualstudio.com/api/working-with-extensions/publishing-extension#vsce
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/77376281/how-can-i-have-vs-code-recognize-an-extension-folder-manually-placed-in-the-v/77729111#77729111
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67634372/how-to-install-a-vscode-extension-from-source-code