Zig Project Generator

Created by Husham Ghalib Senan with help from TABNINE AI

Overview

The Zig Project Generator is a Visual Studio Code extension that simplifies the process of creating new Zig projects and setting up the necessary VS Code configuration files. This extension provides two main functionalities:

1. Create a new Zig project and set up VS Code files
2. Create only VS Code configuration files for an existing Zig project

Features

• Initialize a new Zig project using zig init
• Create VS Code configuration files (tasks.json and launch.json)
• Streamline the setup process for Zig development in VS Code

Requirements

• Visual Studio Code 1.60.0 or higher
• Zig compiler installed and accessible in your system's PATH

Installation

1. Open Visual Studio Code
2. Go to the Extensions view (Ctrl+Shift+X or Cmd+Shift+X on macOS)
3. Search for "Zig Project Generator"
4. Click Install

Usage

Creating a New Zig Project with VS Code Files

1. Open a folder where you want to create your Zig project
2. Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P or Cmd+Shift+P on macOS)
3. Type and select "Zig Project Generator: Create Project and VSCode Files"
4. The extension will run zig init and create the necessary VS Code files

Creating Only VS Code Files for an Existing Zig Project

1. Open your existing Zig project folder in VS Code
2. Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P or Cmd+Shift+P on macOS)
3. Type and select "Zig Project Generator: Create Only VSCode Files"
4. The extension will create the VS Code configuration files in your project

Extension Settings

This extension does not add any VS Code settings.

Known Issues

[List any known issues or limitations here]

Release Notes

1.0.0

Initial release of Zig Project Generator

• Add command to create new Zig project with VS Code files
• Add command to create only VS Code files for existing projects

Contributing

Contributions to the Zig Project Generator are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

[Specify your license here, e.g., MIT, GPL, etc.]

More Information

• Zig Language
• Visual Studio Code
• Extension API