Kind Language Server

Heavily documented sample code for https://code.visualstudio.com/api/language-extensions/language-server-extension-guide

Functionality

This Language Server works for kind files. It has the following language features: [] Completions [x] Diagnostics regenerated on each file change or configuration change

Structure

.
├── client // Language Client
│   ├── src
│   │   ├── test // End to End tests for Language Client / Server (old, from example)
│   │   └── extension.ts // Language Client entry point
├── package.json // The extension manifest.
└── server // Language Server
    └── src
        ├── checker // type checker
        │   ├── parseKindCheck.ts
        │   └── runKindCheck.ts
        ├── completion // code completion
        │   ├── getSuggestions.ts // 
        │   ├── getTypeFunctions.ts // functions from base types
        │   └── getTypes.ts // types from base
        └── server.ts // Language Server entry point

Running the Sample

• Run npm install in this folder. This installs all necessary npm modules in both the client and server folder
• Open VS Code on this folder.
• Press Ctrl+Shift+B to start compiling the client and server in watch mode.
• Switch to the Run and Debug View in the Sidebar (Ctrl+Shift+D).
• Select Launch Client from the drop down (if it is not already).
• Press ▷ to run the launch config (F5).
• If you want to debug the server as well, use the launch configuration Attach to Server
• In the Extension Development Host instance of VSCode, open a document in 'kind' language mode.

Roadmap

Write lexer and parser for code completion kind-antlr4-c3