Yo Code - Extension and Customization Generator

We have written a Yeoman generator to help get you started. We plan to add templates for most extension/customization types into this.

Install the Generator

Install Yeoman and the VS Code Extension generator:

npm install -g yo generator-code

The Yeoman generator will walk you through the steps required to create your customization or extension prompting for the required information.

To launch the generator simply type:

yo code

These templates will

Create a base folder structure
Template out a rough package.json
Import any assets required for your extension e.g. tmBundles or the VS Code Library
For Extensions: Set-up launch.json for running your extension and attaching to a process

If you don't want to install nodejs or any node packages, use this method to containerize the generator.

Go into your project directory

cd <project directory>

Build the docker image from the docker file

docker build -t vscode-generator-code .

Create a docker container with volumes

docker run -v $(pwd):/usr/src/app vscode-generator-code