Blue Planet RA Extension for Visual Studio Code

Also, check out the Blue Planet Extension Pack!

Note

It is recommended to use Python 3.8 or a lower version.

Features

• RA Activity bar shows commands, devices, endpoints and tasks in a tree view.
• Documentation feature for translators
  • Shows the translator documentation content by hovering over the translator.
• IntelliSense for Translators, Endpoints, Runners and Components in the Commands on click of ctrl + space.
  • Provides suggestions for selected runners and components.
  • Provides suggestions for selected endpoints parameters.
  • Provides auto-completion suggestions of translators along with the translator documentation.
  • Provides the suggestions for selected translator parameters.
  • Adds the support of bpprov and rpsdk libraries for translator suggestions.
  • Shows diagnostics for invalid values in the commands file.

Activity bar

Blueplanet RA extension provides the following activity bar features.

RA Commands

Blueplanet RA extension lets you view RA commands and edit them.

Devices

Blueplanet RA extension lets you view the devices defined in devices.json.

Endpoints

Blueplanet RA extension lets you view the endpoints defined in endpoints.json.

Tools

Create a new RA using the paster command.

Tasks

Blueplanet RA extension lets you execute the virtual environment tasks for RA.

Available Task Commands

Contributing & Development

We welcome contributions! If you are interested in contributing, please email devexchange@blueplanet.com.

If you are new to VS Code Extension development review the VSC Extension Quickstart and the BP Git Workflow & Contribution Guidelines

1. Install npm i
2. Run npm run build
3. Open Debug Panel and Run "Ra Client + Ra Forms + Ra Server"

• BP Git Workflow & Contribution Guidelines
• Extension Documentation

Development Notes

• The language RA client & server logs to the "BP RA Extension" item in the dropdown in the output window

Manual Packaging

1. Install vsce (should be already done with npm i)
2. run yarn run package:ra-ext -- --baseContentUrl=https://developer.blueplanet.com/assets/vscode/ra-extension/ --baseImagesUrl=https://developer.blueplanet.com/assets/vscode/ra-extension/

Manual Install

1. Open Extension sidebar
2. Select the three dots in the top right of the sidebar
3. Select Install from VSIX...

Feedback

Please provide feedback in the Blue Planet Q&A Forums on the myCiena Portal

Release Notes

Refer to the CHANGELOG.md

License

Apache-2.0 - See LICENSE for more info