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Blueprints

Rudi Jansen van Vuuren

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Workspace Blueprints
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Blueprints

This extension allows you to create workspace files via a blueprint.

How to generate a blueprint?

Generating a blueprint

How to create a new blueprint?

Creating a blueprint

Blueprint Configuration

Each blueprint should have a blueprint.json file. This file contains the manifest for the blueprint.

Property Description
name The name of the blueprint
variableFiles An array of mimimatches to find files containing variables.
variables An array of variables to be used throughout the blueprint.
prescripts Scripts to be run within the target directory, before the blueprint is initialized .
postscripts Scripts to be run within the target directory, after the blueprint has been initialized .

Variable Syntax

Variables are replaced when the blueprint is initialized. The following syntaxes can be used to mutate the case of the variable's value.

Syntax Description
$[var] The value as is
$[=var] Pascal Case
$[~var] Camel Case
$[-var] Kebab Case
$[_var] Snake Case

VSC Commands

blueprints.blueprints: Opens the Blueprints menu.

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