diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e97699c06..183a375d3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 *.jar
 *.vsix
-.vscode
 .vscode-test
 node_modules/*
 out/*
diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b75414980
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "args": [
+                "--extensionDevelopmentPath=${workspaceFolder}",
+                "--extensionTestsPath=${workspaceFolder}/out/test/test/index"
+            ],
+            "env": {
+                "dependencies": "present"
+            },
+            "name": "Tests",
+            "outFiles": [
+                "${workspaceFolder}/out/test/**/*.js"
+            ],
+            "preLaunchTask": "npm: compile-tests",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "runtimeExecutable": "${execPath}",
+            "type": "extensionHost"
+        },
+        {
+            "args": [
+                "--extensionDevelopmentPath=${workspaceFolder}",
+                "--extensionTestsPath=${workspaceFolder}/out/test/test/index"
+            ],
+            "env": {
+                "dependencies": "missing"
+            },
+            "name": "Tests: Dependencies Missing",
+            "outFiles": [
+                "${workspaceFolder}/out/test/**/*.js"
+            ],
+            "preLaunchTask": "npm: compile-tests",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "runtimeExecutable": "${execPath}",
+            "type": "extensionHost"
+        },
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53eb4df46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+    "version": "2.0.0",
+    "tasks": [
+        {
+            "type": "npm",
+            "script": "compile-tests"
+        }
+    ]
+}