tasks.json

// Available variables which can be used inside of strings.
// ${workspaceRoot}: the root folder of the team
// ${file}: the current opened file
// ${fileBasename}: the current opened file's basename
// ${fileDirname}: the current opened file's dirname
// ${fileExtname}: the current opened file's extension
// ${cwd}: the current working directory of the spawned process

// A task runner that calls a custom npm script that compiles the extension.
{
    "version": "2.0.0",
    
    "tasks": [
        {
            "label": "Compile-Extension",
            "command": "npm",
            "type": "shell",
            "args": ["run", "compile"],
            "problemMatcher": "$tsc-watch",
            "group": "build",
            "dependsOn": ["Restore-NPM-Packages"]
        },
        {
            "label": "Restore-NPM-Packages",
            "command": "npm",
            "type": "shell",
            "args": ["install", "--loglevel","silent"],
            "problemMatcher": [ ]
        }
    ]
}