Build Your Own Visual Studio Code Extensions

Visual Studio Code, a free, open source, cross-compatible source code editor, is one of the most popular choices for web developers. It is fast, lightweight, and customizable.

One of the main design considerations for Visual Studio Code was extensibility. As a result of this approach it’s quite likely that, at some point in your development process, you will be using an extension from the extensive range of options on the Visual Studio Marketplace.

But what happens if there isn't an extension available to add the features you need? Why, roll your own, of course! In Chapter 10 of Visual Studio Code: End-to-End Editing and Debugging Tools for Web Developers Bruce Johnson walks you through the process of setting up a simple extension: examining the structure of an extension project, working with the different points of extension that are offered within Visual Studio Code, and considering how debugging an extension works.

Visual Studio Code: End-to-End Editing and Debugging Tools for Web Developers

This up-to-date guide covers all of the essential components of Visual Studio Code, including the editing features of the workspace, advanced functionality such as code refactoring and key binding, and integration with Grunt, Gulp, NPM, and other external tools.

Roll Your Own Extension

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