Add New File

VSCode extension to enable adding new files with template based on file type.

Inspired by Visual Studio extension AddAnyFile

Available Actions

Add File: Add New File

Used for creating new file at the path specified by the user. Opens input box prepopulated with the root path of the current workspace.

Add File: Edit Custom Templates

Opens the custom templates file for editing. If it does not exist it will be created in global storage.

Customising Templates

You can define your own templates by running "Edit Custom Templates" from the command palette. This will generate a JSON file for you to place your own templates. You can even use it to overwrite the existing templates by setting the identifier to match the one from the default templates.

Available Templates

TypescriptClass

Pattern

^[^.]+[.]ts$"

File Template

export class [[FileName]]
{

}

TypescriptEnum

Pattern

^[^.]+[.]enum[.]ts$

File Template

export enum [[FileName]]
{

}

GitIgnore

Pattern

[.]gitignore

File Template

dist/
node_modules/

C# Interface

Pattern

^I.+[.]cs$

File Template

public interface [[FileName]] {

}

C# Class

Pattern

^[^I].+[.]cs$

File Template

public class [[FileName]] {

}

JSON

Pattern

^.+[.]json$

File Template

{
    "[[FileName]]": ""
}

Typescript Angular Component

Pattern

^.+[.]component[.]ts$

FileTemplate

import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
    selector: '',
    templateUrl: '',
    styleUrls: ['']
})
export class [[FileName]] {

}

Typescript Angular Module

Pattern

^.+[.]module[.]ts$

FileTemplate

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';

@NgModule({
    declarations: [],
    imports: [],
    providers: [],
    bootstrap: []
})
export class [[FileName]] {

}

Typescript Angular Serice

Pattern

^.+[.]service[.]ts$

FileTemplate

import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';

@Injectable({
    providedIn: 'root'
})
export class [[FileName]] {

    constructor() { }
}

Typescript Jasmine Test

Pattern

^.+[.]spec[.]ts$

FileTemplate

describe('AppComponent', () => {
    beforeEach(() => {

    });

    it('should create the app', () => {

    });
});

New Templates

If you want a file template to be added then you can either:

• Raise a PR with the new template
• Create an issue

Raising a PR

If you decide to add the template yourself you will need to:

• Add the tempalte details to default.templates.json
• Update the README with the details of the new template

Raising an issue

Requests for new template require 3 pieces of information to be included in the raised issue:

• Type of the template (C# Class, GitIgnore, Angular Module, etc)
• An example file name to create the pattern from
• The default template content