C Toolkit

A VSCode extension to help create, build, run, debug and test C projects using CMake.

Features

• Status bar buttons.
• Command for creating a new project.
• Command for generating a new component (library).

Requirements

The following software must be installed for this extension to work properly.

1. GCC
2. GDB
3. CMake
4. Ninja

All 4 of these can be installed via MSYS2.

Status Bar Buttons

Seven status bar buttons have been implemented to:

• Select build type (Release, Debug)
• Clean
• Build
• Run
• Debug
• Test
• Debug Test

Project Generation

A new CMake project can be created with necessary biolerplate code using the C Toolkit: Create New Project command in the command palette. To access the command palette, use ctrl + shift + p.

It would then ask the user to select a base folder in which the project folder is to be placed. When a base folder is selected, the user would be asked to input the project name.

Project Files

The new project folder would contain these pre-configured items:

• .vscode folder
• CMakeLists.txt
• main.c

The user can then start adding their own libraries or "components" via the component generation feature.

Component Generation

A new component can be created with some biolerplate code by using the C Toolkit: Create New Component command in the command palette. It would then ask the user to input the component name and give the option to make the component "mocked" and "tested".

Mocked Components

"Mocked" means a mock file would be created inside a "mock" folder. If the component name is library, the mock file would be mock_library.c.

To enable mocking of this component, a variable named ENABLE_LIBRARY_MOCK would have to be manually set in the root CMake.

Tested Components

"Tested" means test header and source files would be created inside a "test" folder. If the component name is library then the test files would be test_library.h and test_library.c.

To enable testing of this component, a variable named ENABLE_LIBRARY_TEST would have to be manually set in the root CMake.

Component Files

A component would have the following files

• include/component.h
• src/component.c
• mock/mock_component.c
• test/test_component.h
• test/test_component.c
• CMakeLists.txt

It would also modify the root CMakeLists.txt to add the new component

Building

I keep forgetting the build command. Use vsce package to build this extension.