Nxpress VS Code Extension

Official Visual Studio Code extension for Nxpress, the Express.js framework with file-based routing, template components, and cascading middlewares.

Features

• File & Code Generators: Quick commands to create page views, companions, API handlers, template components, directory middlewares, and configuration files.
• Dev Server Integration: Launch hot-reloading development server (nxp dev) directly from the status bar or command palette.
• Smart Snippets: Contextual code snippets for TypeScript companion files (nxp), API routes (nxa), middlewares (nxm, nxrm), view templates (nxv), components (nxcomp), and request/environment helpers (nxr, nxe, nxg).
• Hover Documentation: Detailed tooltips and documentation for Nxpress request context (R), environment (E), global context (G), and component renderer ($).
• Autocompletion: IntelliSense completion for template helpers (len, upper, lower, truncate, ternary, etc.) and HTTP request attributes.

Extension Commands

• Nxpress: Create Page View & Companion - Create new view template and TypeScript companion file.
• Nxpress: Create API Route Handler - Generate API route file (app/api/*.ts).
• Nxpress: Create Template Component - Create reusable component template (components/*.ejs).
• Nxpress: Create Directory Middleware - Create folder-level middleware with ignore pattern array.
• Nxpress: Create nxpress.config.json - Generate Nxpress configuration with schema validation.
• Nxpress: Start Development Server - Launch development server (nxp dev).
• Nxpress: Start Production Server - Launch production server (nxp start).

Snippets Reference

TypeScript / JavaScript Files

• nxp / nxprops: Page companion props function.
• nxa / nxapi: API route handlers (get, post).
• nxm / nxmiddleware: Directory-level cascading middleware.
• nxrm / nxroutemiddleware: Single route middleware.

Template Views (EJS, HTML, Nunjucks, Handlebars, Eta)

• nxv / nxpage: Page view structure.
• nxcomp / $: Component renderer call.
• nxr: Request context object (R.params, R.query, R.url, R.path).
• nxe: Environment object (E.NODE_ENV, E.PUBLIC_*).
• nxg: Global context (G.siteName).
• nxhlen, nxhternary, nxhtrunc, nxheq, nxhjoin: Template helper functions.

License

MIT