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Building the Extension

Robby Bennett edited this page Oct 13, 2025 · 20 revisions

Setup for Building

TLDR: Install Node.js and optionally Make

Install node and npm on Windows

winget install Node.js
echo Add "C:\Program Files\nodejs" to your path and restart your terminal program

Install node and npm on Ubuntu/Debian

sudo apt install nodejs

Building

npm run build

or

make

Building results in a .vsix file which is basically JavaScript and a few other files archived, and the .zip file is renamed as .vsix.

Continuously build the debug version when source files change

npm run watch

or

make watch

Installing

If you install it while using it, you must restart the extensions.

npm run install

or

make install

or

Installing the Extension

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