vscode-pharo

A Pharo client extension for VSCode.

• Supported files
• Features
  • Generic feature
  • Supported Language Server feature
  • Debug Adapter Protocol feature
  • Moose Book (Notebook for Moose/Pharo)
  • Additional feature
• Installation
• Thanks

Supported files

This extension support .st files and .class.st files (tonel format)

Features

We present here the existing features

Generic feature

Code highlighting

Breadcrumbs & Outline

Supported Language Server feature

Code formatting

Tonel file formatting

Hover

Auto-completion

Help with method signature

Diagnostics

Code Lens (Run Tests)

Jump type Definition

Debug Adapter Protocol feature

1. Break on halt
   1. Show the stack
   2. Show the variables
   3. Add watch

2. Step, step in, step out

Moose Book (Notebook for Moose/Pharo)

MooseBook is a way to use a notebook with Pharo

Additional feature

The additional feature can be access using the command palette of VSCode

1. Save the Pharo image
2. Execute and show the result

3. Execute and print the result

4. Keep variable state

5. Explore variable state

1. Show the current server version

6. Saving a tonel file in VSCode, save the corresponding methods/class in the Pharo image

7. Access Pharo Image

Installation

You can follow the walkthroughs

Or, to install the extension:

1. Install VSCode
2. Install the Pharo extension
3. Download a Pharo Language Server image or install the server in a pre-existing image
4. Download a VM (headless or not) for the image
5. Set up the Pharo extension property
   1. pharo.pathToVM: is the path to the VM executable
      1. Windows: C:\path\to\pharo.exe
      2. Linux: /path/to/pharo
      3. MacOS: /path/to/Pharo.app/Contents/MacOS/Pharo
   2. pharo.pathToImage: is the absolute path to the image

From version v1.0.0, please use at least version v1.1.0 of the Pharo Language Server.

Thanks

This extension is inspired from the one of Leonardo Nascimento for smalltalk.

Thanks a lot Leonardo!