vscode-pharo

A Pharo client extension for VSCode.

• Supported files
• Features
  • Generic feature
  • Supported Language Server feature
  • Debug Adapter Protocol feature
  • 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

1. Code highlighting

Supported Language Server feature

1. Code formatting

2. Hover

3. Auto-completion

4. Help with method signature

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

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. Show the current server version

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

Installation

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

Thanks

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

Thanks a lot Leonardo!