Tasker

This extension allows you to create custom tasks, that will help you speed up your development process by easily accessible tasks.

Below you can find two structures that you can use in the Configuration File.

Single Task

{
	"label": "Start API",
	"commands": ["cd backend", "npm run dev"]
}

After running this task, a terminal will be launched which will execute each command from commands one by one.

Params:

• label - Label of the terminal that will be launched
• commands - List of commands that will be executed one by one

Tasks Sequence

{
	"label": "Build",
	"tasks": [
		{
			"label": "API",
			"commands": ["cd backend", "npm run build"]
		},
		{
			"label": "UI",
			"commands": ["cd frontend", "npm run build"]
		}
	]
}

After running this tasks sequence, multiple terminals will be launched, and each one of them will behave as if it was a Single Task.

Params:

• label - Name of the group that all terminals will have in their name
• tasks - List of tasks that will be launched (see Single Task)

Configuration file

Configuration file must be named customTasks.json and must be inside the .vscode folder in your workspace. It can contain both single tasks and tasks sequences. Example of customTasks.json file:

[
	{
		"label": "Start API",
		"commands": ["cd backend", "npm run dev"]
	},
	{
		"label": "Full Start",
		"tasks": [
			{
				"label": "API",
				"commands": ["cd backend", "npm run dev"]
			},
			{
				"label": "UI",
				"commands": ["cd frontend", "npm start"]
			}
		]
	}
]

This will create 2 tasks in the Task Runner tab - "Start API" and "Full Start". After running "Start API", one terminal will launch and run each of the commands one by one. After running "Full Start", each of the objects (tasks) will launch their own terminal in which the commands will be run one by one.

Running task

If you have installed the extension, Task Runner view should be visible in your Activity Bar. After you clicked on it, you should see list of all tasks and sequences that you created in the Configuration File. To run the task, simply click on it.