Salesforce Extensions for Visual Studio Code (Expanded)

This extension pack includes tools for developing on the Salesforce platform in the lightweight, extensible VS Code editor. These tools provide features for working with development orgs (scratch orgs, sandboxes, and DE orgs), Apex, Aura components, and Visualforce. It also includes third-party extensions that are commonly used by Salesforce Developers.

Prerequisites

Before you set up Salesforce Extensions for VS Code, make sure that you have these essentials.

• Salesforce CLI Before you use Salesforce Extensions for VS Code, set up Salesforce CLI.

• A Salesforce DX project Open your Salesforce DX project in a directory that contains an sfdx-project.json file. Otherwise, some features don’t work. If you don't already have a Salesforce DX project, create one with the SFDX: Create Project command (for development against scratch orgs) or the SFDX: Create Project with Manifest command (for development against sandboxes or DE orgs). Or, see create a Salesforce DX project for information about setting up a project using Salesforce CLI.

• Java Platform, Standard Edition Development Kit Some features in Salesforce Extensions for VS Code depend upon the Java Platform, Standard Edition Development Kit (JDK). You need to have either version 8 or version 11 of the JDK installed.

  If you don’t already have version 8, 11, or 17 of the JDK installed, you can install the latest version of the Java 8 JDK from Java 8 Downloads, or the latest version of the Java 11 JDK from Java 11 Downloads, or Java 17 from Java 17 Downloads.

  If you also use other versions of the JDK, set your VS Code user setting salesforcedx-vscode-apex.java.home to point to the location where you installed Java 88, 11, or 17.

• Visual Studio Code v1.26 or later

Documentation

For documentation, visit the Salesforce Extensions for Visual Studio Code documentation site.

Open Source

• Roadmap
• GitHub Repository

Bugs and Feedback

To report issues with Salesforce Extensions for VS Code, open a bug on GitHub. If you would like to suggest a feature, create a feature request on GitHub.

Included Extensions

The Salesforce Extension Pack extension installs these extensions.

• Salesforce CLI Integration This extension (salesforcedx-vscode-core) interacts with Salesforce CLI to provide core functionality.
• Apex This extension (salesforcedx-vscode-apex) uses the Apex Language Server to provide features such as syntax highlighting and code completion.
• Apex Interactive Debugger This extension (salesforcedx-vscode-apex-debugger) enables VS Code to use the real-time Apex Debugger with your scratch orgs or to use ISV Customer Debugger for your subscribers’ orgs.
• Apex Replay Debugger This extension (salesforcedx-vscode-apex-replay-debugger) enables VS Code to replay Apex execution from Apex debug logs.
• Lightning Web Components This extension supports Lightning web component bundles. It uses the HTML language server from VS Code.
• Aura Components This extension (salesforcedx-vscode-lightning) supports Aura component bundles. It uses the HTML language server from VS Code.
• Visualforce This extension (salesforcedx-vscode-visualforce) supports Visualforce pages and components. It uses the Visualforce Language Server and the HTML language server from VS Code.
• Salesforce Lightning Design System (SLDS) Validator This extension (salesforcedx-vscode-slds) simplifies working with the Salesforce Lightning Design System (SLDS). It provides code completion, syntax highlighting and validation with recommended tokens and utility classes.

It also includes the following community built extensions.

• Apex Log Analyzer is an analyzer for Salesforce debug logs aimed at making performance analysis much easier and quicker. You may also find it generally useful for quickly understanding how your code is executing.
• Prettier is an opinionated code formatter. It enforces a consistent style by parsing your code and re-printing it with its own rules that take the maximum line length into account, wrapping code when necessary.
• ESLint statically analyzes your Javascript code to quickly find problems.
• Apex PMD statically analyzes your Apex code to quickly find problems.
• XML provides support for creating and editing XML documents.

Currently, Visual Studio Code extensions are not signed or verified on the Microsoft Visual Studio Code Marketplace. Salesforce provides the Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA) of each extension that we publish. Consult Manually Verify the salesforcedx-vscode Extensions’ Authenticity to learn how to verify the extensions.