Make Build Task (for vscode)

Sets up default build task by configuring "package.json" and "tasks.json" with a default build task.

When a "default" build task is defined, it allows you to quickly build your project with a keyboard shortcut.

NOTE: While this sets things up for a javascript environment, ( npm node javascript ), the setup can easily be manually tweaked for others.

The intent of this project is just to configure your vscode project with a default build task quickly, without having to fumble through confusing commands, missing templates, or burried documentation.

Personally, each time i want to set up a default build task, i have to google how to do it -- just can't remember all the little things needed.

Usage

Open command (command+shift+P) and type "make build task"

What It Does

The extension does 3 things:

1. Adds an entry to the "scripts" in "packages.json" as:

    {
    	"name": "some project",
    	"version": "1.0.0",
    	"description": "",
    	"scripts": {
    		"myDefaultBuildTask": "node ./build.js" // <--- here
    	},
    	"author": "mike gieson",
    	"license": "ISC",
    	"dependencies": {
    		"myfs": "^1.0.22"
    	}
    }
   

2. Adds a "tasks" entry to ".vscode/tasks.json" as:

    {
    	"tasks": [
    		{
    			"type": "npm",
    			"script": "myDefaultBuildTask",
    			"group": {
    				"kind": "build",
    				"isDefault": true
    			}
    		}
    	]
    }
   

3. Creates a "build.js" at root of project (if not exist). Of course the build.js file is up to you to author.

Changing default build shortcut

By default, vscode sets the default build task's keyboard shortcut to:

Mac: command+shift+B PC: ctrl+shift+B

Which allows you to build your project with a keyboard shortcut.

You can configure this to be a different shortcut from vscode > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts. And typing "build" into the search:

Change Log

v0.0.7 - 2023-09-08 @ 23:49:17

• create package.json (if not exist)
• create .vscode/tasks.json (if not exists)
• use myfs to simplify dir/file read wrte