Migration Toolkit for Applications (MTA) Visual Studio Code Extension

Description

The Visual Studio Code (VSCode) and Eclipse Che extension for the Migration Toolkit for Applications (MTA).

Migration Toolkit for Applications (MTA) (the product of the downstream project Windup) is a command-line Application Migration and Modernization Assessment tool.

The documentation for MTA can be found here.

VSCode

This extension is published here in the Microsoft Visual Studio Marketplace.

Features

This extension provides the ability to analyze, assess, and migrate source code (using MTA) from within VSCode and Eclipse Che.

The look and feel of both VSCode and Eclipse Che are very similar; therefore, the functionality demonstrated below should be consistent between the two environments.

Configuration Editor

Use the configuration editor to setup the analysis.

Jump to Code

Jump to code containing identified migration issues.

Issue Details

View details about the migration issue.

Report

Use the generated reports to better understand and assess the migration efforts.

Eclipse Che

This extension is supported in Eclipse Che 7.4.0 or higher.

To add this plugin to a Che workspace, open Che, navigate to the plugins tab, and search using the keyword migration.

Alternatively, to add this plugin to a worksace, open Che, navigate to the Plugins view, and search for the Migration Toolkit for Applications plugin.

Requirements

• Java Platform, JRE version 8+ with JAVA_HOME environment variable
• A minimum of 4 GB RAM; 8 GB recommended

Tip: The mta-cli can be installed from within VSCode once the extension has been installed.

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

• mta.executable.path: The location of the mta-cli.

Build

$ npm run compile

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License

MIT