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IIS and IIS Express extension for Visual Studio Code

IIS and IIS Express extension for Visual Studio Code

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IIS and IIS Express extension for Visual Studio Code. Quickly launch your project in Jexus Manager so that you can run it with local IIS and/or IIS Express.
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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IIS and IIS Express extension for Visual Studio Code

This extension gives you the power to run web apps from a folder opened in Visual Studio Code using IIS/IIS Express web server.

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Features

  • Full XML syntax highlighting for .config files
  • Context-aware completions for IIS configuration elements and attributes powered by a C# language server
  • View element and attribute type information on hover
  • Validate configuration against IIS schema (foundation ready for diagnostics)
  • Automatically loads schema definitions from IIS Express and IIS installations
  • Detect and launch Jexus Manager to enable the opened project on IIS/IIS Express web server.
  • Multiple-folder workspace is fully supported.
  • Access to most IIS/IIS Express configuration options.
  • ASP.NET/ASP.NET Core/Blazor projects are fully supported.
  • PHP support can be enabled manually.
  • Node.js, Java, Python, Ruby, and Go support can be enabled by adding HttpPlatformHandler to IIS Express.
  • CORS support can be enabled by adding IIS CORS module to IIS Express.

To learn more about Jexus Manager, you can visit its documentation site.

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Requirements

  • Windows
  • Jexus Manager
  • IIS Express

Available Commands

Use View | Command Pallette... to open the command list and search for the commands below,

  • Launch IIS/IIS Express from here - Start Jexus Manager to perform IIS/IIS Express actions.
  • Reset IIS/IIS Express selected config file - Change the config file Jexus Manager should use.

Known Issues

  • Only IIS Express mode is supported at this moment.

Release Notes

Release notes can be found at GitHub.

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