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Bar Helper

Bar Helper

AndyDuong1920

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I/ Development

  1. Clone the repo
  2. Update the Node version in .tool-versions
  3. Run npm install
  4. Run make package_and_install
  5. Test on VSCode

II/ Add new Item

  1. Define the bar item in src/editableArea/1_definitions.ts
  2. Make it as default show by adding it to src/editableArea/2_defaultShow.ts
  3. Define the command in src/editableArea/3_commands.ts
  4. Setup the Item behavior in src/editableArea/4_behaviors.ts link to the command in step 3
  5. Update the src/editableArea/5_customShow.ts to modify the Items per file Type, for example display only for Test files.
  6. Edit the package.json to add the new command to the contributes.commands and contributes.keybindings sections

III/ Publish

  • Trigger the publish workflow on Github Actions.
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