🧱 Quick-Kafka Extension for VS Code

Quick-Kafka is a Visual Studio Code extension that helps you quickly spin up Kafka containers, configure your environment, and launch an interactive Kafka shell using Python.

🚀 Features

🔧 Quick Setup Wizard via Command Palette
🧙 Advanced Setup Wizard with multi-step configuration
🌐 Webview-based UI for advanced settings
🐳 Docker Compose Integration to start Kafka containers
🐍 Kafka Shell Launcher using Python or IPython
⚙️ Persistent Settings saved across sessions
🛠️ Health Checks for Kafka readiness
🔁 Auto Start/Shutdown Docker (configurable)

📁 File Structure

quick-kafka-extension/ ├── package.json ├── src/ │ ├── extension.ts │ └── setup/ │ ├── advancedSetup.ts │
├── media/ │ └── webview.html ├── assets/ ├── docker-compose.yaml └── kafka_shell.py

⚙️ Configuration Settings

Setting	Description
`quickKafka.pythonPath`	Path to Python interpreter
`quickKafka.composePath`	Path to Docker Compose file
`quickKafka.shellPath`	Path to Kafka shell script
`quickKafka.shellType`	`ipython` or `python`
`quickKafka.debugLogging`	Enable debug logs
`quickKafka.shutdownOnExit`	Shutdown Docker when terminal closes
`quickKafka.autoStartDocker`	Try to auto-start Docker if not running
`quickKafka.brokerContainerName`	Kafka container name
`quickKafka.healthCheckTimeout`	Timeout for Kafka health check (ms)

🧪 Commands

Quick-Kafka: Quick Setup
Quick-Kafka: Advanced Setup
Quick-Kafka: Start Kafka Environment

🛠️ Development & Publishing

1. Install Prerequisites

Node.js
VSCE (Visual Studio Code Extension Manager)

npm install -g vsce

quick-kafka

Shivang Kumar