Biz-A Developer Tools

This extension help Biz-A Developers manage and deploy Biz-A applications.

Features

1. Automatic Deployment for Biz-A template, menu and library.

For example, if you edit a template file in VScode and save it, the changes will be immediately reflected in Biz-A. This eliminates the need to upload the app first via Biz-A CLI, then reload the Biz-A application in the browser.

Requirements

1. Biz-A CLI
2. Biz-A Client

Extension Settings

1. "biz-a-dev-tools.deploymentServer". It must be point to deployment server address (protocol://location:port).
2. "biz-a-dev-tools.alwaysUpdateAppList". It can be turned off to speed up deployment time

Known Issues

Usage

Step to activate deployment :

1. Make sure you have at least 1 app at Biz-A.
2. Activate Biz-A CLI.
3. Login to your Biz-A, with administrator privilege.
4. Turn on the deployment feature on Biz-A
   • Click at "Admin" menu (right corner of Biz-A Home page).
   • Click at "Deployment" submenu and fill in "Deployment endpoint" with Biz-A CLI address.
   • Connect and wait for completion.
5. Open Visual Code editor desktop or web, then install this extension.
6. Set deployment server address at extension setting
7. Open one or more files in the Biz-A application folder.
8. Change or edit the contents of the file and save it.
9. These changes will be immediately reflected in Biz-A at your browser.

Release Notes

Hope this tool can help to increase the productivity of Biz-A developers.

Enjoy!