AlloyX for VS Code

Runs your Salesforce Apex locally and flags type errors as you type — both powered by the allx CLI. The extension itself doesn't parse Apex; it shells out to allx for everything.

• Run — a ▶ Run / ▶ Test CodeLens above each method (or right-click) runs it locally.
• Type-check — on every edit (debounced) it calls allx check and underlines type errors inline: a String assigned to an Integer field, a field or method that doesn't exist, basic syntax slips — the org's own compile errors, on your machine in milliseconds instead of minutes after a deploy.

What you see

• ▶ Run above every static method, ▶ Test above every @isTest method.
• Red squiggles under type errors as you type, with the message in Apex terms.

Run a method

Click ▶ Run above the method (or right-click → AlloyX: Run Method) — same thing either way. Results show in the AlloyX output panel. It runs locally on the JVM in milliseconds; the org is only touched if your code does SOQL/DML.

• No parameters → it runs straight away.

• Has parameters → it opens the call pre-written, one typed placeholder per argument (no guessed defaults — static methods call Class.m(...), instance methods new Class().m(...)):

  // Run MyClass.process — fill in the arguments, then ▶ Run (above). Runs locally.
  System.debug(new MyClass().process(/* Account acct */, /* Integer qty */));
  

  Fill in the values — it's a full Apex block, so you can new Account(...), insert, query, whatever — then hit ▶ Run at the top.

Org & schema

Runs that touch Salesforce (SOQL/DML/sObject) need an org, and typed checks need the org's sObject describes cached locally. Run AlloyX: Sync Org Schema from the command palette (⌘⇧P): with a .cls open, enter your org alias (from the sf CLI). It describes the sObjects your classes reference into a local cache, and saves the alias as alloyx.org so a Run targets the same org. The Run output shows that org at the top.

How to install

The extension drives the allx CLI — install that first.

macOS (Homebrew): one command, the JDK comes along as a dependency:

brew install colatusso/alloyx/allx

Windows / Linux: grab the allx-*.zip from the latest release, unpack it anywhere, and either put its bin/ folder on your PATH or set alloyx.cliPath to the launcher (bin\allx.bat on Windows, bin/allx on Linux). You also need a JDK 21+ — a JDK, not a JRE (Temurin 21 works great).

Then install this extension from the Marketplace (search “AlloyX”), or from a .vsix on the release page:

code --install-extension alloyx-vscode-0.1.1.vsix

JDK not found? (macOS GUI) — when VS Code is launched from the Dock it doesn't inherit your shell's JAVA_HOME. Point the extension at your JDK in Settings (brew installs put it under $(brew --prefix openjdk@21)):

"alloyx.javaHome": "/opt/homebrew/opt/openjdk@21"

Settings

Requirements

The allx CLI on your PATH (or pointed at via alloyx.cliPath) and a JDK 21+ — a JDK, not a JRE, since AlloyX compiles Java at runtime.

Develop

npm install
npm run watch        # recompile on change, then F5 for an Extension Dev Host
# or test it as a real installed extension:
npm run reinstall    # package + install the .vsix, then Reload Window