TYPESCRIPT AST PARSER VISUAL STUDIO CODE EXTENSION
This Visual Studio extension does static analysis on TypeScript code to help people during development.
Extension Overview
This extension parses the Typescript's abstract syntax tree to perform static analysis and shows values for variables in the file without compiling the program. Making it easier to debug Typescript code
Installation
Option 1: Install using Visual Studio Extension Manager
Open Visual Studio
Click the Extensions button on the toolbar on the left of the screen or press Ctrl+Shift+X
In the search box type 'medFive'
Typescript Static Analysis should be returned as the result
Press 'Install'
Option 2:Install using Web Browser
Option 3: Install from .vsix file
Double-click the .vsix file or select the file and press 'Enter'.
Follow the prompts.
When the extension is installed, you can use the Manage Extensions dialog box to enable it
How to Use
npm run test
Usage
git clone https://github.com/visual-studio-code-extensions/visual-studio-code-extension-project.git
npm install in the terminal
- Press F5 to run the sample
Debug
F5 and open the sample folder and click sample.ts.
Click on 'Run' and then "Start Debugging"
Key Files
| Purpose |
|
| analyzeCode.ts |
Parse the Abstract Syntax Tree from the source file and visit every node |
| BlockAnalysis.ts |
Object used to debug scoping analysis in the algorithm |
| CodeAnalysis.ts |
Object to hold BlockAnalysis and VariableStatementAnalysis arrays |
| CodeLocation.ts |
Object to hold location information of each identifier name to highlight |
| createProgramFromFiles.ts |
Create a program from the given code |
| editVariable.ts |
Reassign existing variables |
| extension.ts |
Main code that runs when extension is activated |
| getDecorations.ts |
Highlights, underlines, colors user's code |
| getNodePosition.ts |
Provides node positions to highlight |
| logTrace.ts |
Trace extension for errors |
| mapStack.ts |
Store variables information into a stack of maps |
| operations.ts |
Operations that the extension can process, used by "processExpression" |
| processExpression |
Process all expressions and return value at the end, for example 3+2 gives 5 |
| VariableStatementAnalysis.ts |
Object to hold information about every variable |
Contributing
Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.
To make a pull request:
GitHub Desktop
- have the repository locally
git clone https://github.com/visual-studio-code-extensions/visual-studio-code-extension-project.git
git checkout main
git pull
git checkout -b <descriptive branch name>
git push
if that give you a command run that command
- make your changes
Edit code do stuff
commit and push
git add *
git commit -am "description"
git push
Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.
License
Unlicensed
