VSBuddies

This is an extension to chat with your friends from the vsBuddies website right inside VSCode. Link to website

Link to extension page

Contributors:

Lohitaksha Malhotra

Ishan Pandey

Ankur Pandey

Note: Your extension list will be automatically updated every time you login

Features

1. Login with github(using passport-github2 as middleware)
2. See your friends added from the VSBuddies Website
3. Chat with your friends

Common Questions

Is my data safe?

Yes, your data is stored on firebase and the custom backend for this extension never stores your used id and all actions are authorised usign a jwt(it is however stored in the firebase database)

Why is my extension list required?

We see extension list as a good way to know what languages, tech stacks etc you're familiar with and that helps us better calculate your match percentage with other people.

How do i login manually?

Press f1 / ctrl (or cmd)+shift+p -> VSBuddies: Login with github

This will Open up another popup to login with another id.

Starting the extension on Your machine

Website

See the instructions on This Link

Node Backend

See the instructions here

Extension:

1. Clone this repo and navigate to the folder in your terminal
2. Run the command to install the dependencies

npm i -D
# or if you are using yarn
yarn install -D

3. Go to src/constants.ts and change the apibaseurl to the url of your node backend
4. in src/SidebarProvider.ts line 61 change the url to the url of your website
5. ~~Make sure you have concurrently installed if not, install using~~
6. Now start the extension using vscode's run and debug menu (default keybind is F5)