DevPulse Daily — VS Code Extension

DevPulse Daily tracks your active coding time inside VS Code and composes a daily email summary with your coding stats. It's intended to help developers monitor daily productivity, keep track of time spent per project, and send a summarized report at the end of each day.

🔑 Features

• Track active coding time per project
• Automatic daily email report sent at 23:59 local time
• Status bar indicator displaying today’s cumulative coding minutes
• Commands to start/stop tracking, show a detailed stats webview, and send a test email

⚙️ Configuration

Add your Resend API key to the workspace or user settings in VS Code (Settings UI or settings.json):

"devpulse.resendApiKey": "YOUR_RESEND_API_KEY"

Note: At present the recipient email is hard-coded in src/emailer.ts. Consider making the recipient configurable before publishing the extension.

🛠️ Commands

• DevPulse: Start Tracking — Start tracking your active coding time
• DevPulse: Stop Tracking — Stop tracking
• DevPulse: Show Stats — Displays the daily report and project breakdown in a webview
• DevPulse: Send Test Email — Sends a test email to validate your Resend API key
• DevPulse: Send Test Email — Sends a test email with a motivational report (showing your top language and time spent) to validate your Resend API key

🚀 Local Setup

1. Clone the repository and navigate to the project folder:

git clone <repo-url>
cd vscode-extension

2. Install dependencies:

npm install

3. Build TypeScript:

npm run compile

4. Launch the extension in the Extension Development Host for local testing:

• Press F5 in VS Code to run the extension in a new Extension Development Host window.
• For iterative development, run:

npm run watch

📦 Packaging & Local Installation

To create a .vsix package for distribution or local installation:

npm run package

Install the resulting .vsix in your main VS Code instance:

code --install-extension ./devpulse-daily-1.0.0.vsix

You can also install from the VS Code UI: Extensions → ... → Install from VSIX…

🧪 Manual Testing

1. Launch the Development Host (F5).
2. Use the command palette to run DevPulse: Start Tracking and DevPulse: Show Stats.
3. Edit files or move within editors to generate activity and verify the status bar updates.
4. Use DevPulse: Send Test Email after setting devpulse.resendApiKey and validate an email is sent.
5. Inspect logs: In the Extension Development Host window use Help → Toggle Developer Tools and View → Output → Log (Extension Host).

⚠️ Security & Operational Notes

• devpulse.resendApiKey should be stored as a secret and not committed to version control; use workspace or user settings.
• Do not commit node_modules, the compiled out/ directory, .vscode/, or .vsix files (see .gitignore).
• The extension relies on the resend library; validate that the library is compatible with your targeted Node version used by VS Code.

✅ Recommended Improvements

1. Add devpulse.recipientEmail to contributes.configuration in package.json and use it in Emailer.
2. Implement proper disposal for Tracker event listeners to avoid memory leaks and ensure a clean shutdown.
3. Add .vscodeignore and consider bundling for smaller package size.
4. Add repository and license fields to package.json and create a LICENSE file.

📄 License

MIT

DevPulse Daily VS Code Extension

DevPulse Daily tracks your active coding time inside VS Code and sends you a daily email summary with your coding stats.

Features

• Tracks active coding time per project
• Sends daily email report at 23:59 local time
• Shows coding streak and motivational messages
• Status bar item shows live coding time
• Commands to start/stop tracking, show stats, and send test email

Configuration

Set your Resend API key in VS Code settings:

"devpulse.resendApiKey": "YOUR_API_KEY"

Commands

• DevPulse: Start Tracking - Start tracking active coding time
• DevPulse: Stop Tracking - Stop tracking
• DevPulse: Show Stats - Show detailed stats in a webview
• DevPulse: Send Test Email - Send a test email to verify configuration

Development

Setup

1. Install dependencies:

npm install

2. Compile the extension:

npm run compile

Running

• Press F5 in VS Code to launch an Extension Development Host with the extension loaded.

Packaging

• Use the following command to package the extension:

npm run package

Publishing

• Publish with vsce:

vsce publish

Make sure you have a publisher configured and logged in.

License

MIT