Official Visual Studio Code extension for the Star Programming Language. Features rich syntax highlighting, code snippets, real-time diagnostics, Flutter declarative UI preview, interactive REPL, and Android build integration.
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
⭐ Star Programming Language for Visual Studio Code
Official Visual Studio Code extension for the Star Programming Language (.star, .starb, .starmobile).
✨ Features
🎨 Full Syntax Highlighting: Comprehensive TextMate grammar covering Haven natural syntax (whenever, otherwise, give back, remember), Flutter declarative UI widgets (Scaffold, AppBar, Container, When), classes, modules, and operators.
⚡ Real-Time Diagnostics (Star Doctor): Automatic linting, syntax checking, and unused variable warnings on save and open with exact line/column indicators in VS Code's Problems panel.
📱 Flutter Declarative UI Preview (TUI): One-click terminal preview of Star declarative UI components directly inside VS Code (Shift+F5).
💡 Rich Code Snippets: Pre-built snippets for complete applications (star-app), scaffolds (star-scaffold), 3D parallax cards (star-hero-card), Google Play Billing (star-billing), and Android WallpaperManager (star-wallpaper).
📖 Instant Hover Documentation: Rich Markdown documentation on hover for Star keywords, Flutter widgets, and native Android/mobile APIs.
🚀 One-Click Execution & Build:
Run active file (F5)
Preview UI (Shift+F5)
Compile to Bytecode .starb
Build Android APK (star build apk)
Deploy to Connected Device (star deploy android)
💬 Interactive REPL: Built-in interactive Star REPL terminal.
✨ Document Formatting: Auto-formatting support for Star code.
⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts
Shortcut
Command
Description
F5
star.run
Run active .star file
Shift + F5
star.preview
Preview UI in Terminal (TUI)
Ctrl + Shift + C
star.check
Run Star Doctor diagnostics
🧩 Included Snippets
Prefix
Snippet Name
Description
star-app
Star Universal App
Scaffolds a full Flutter/Material 3 Star application
star-scaffold
Flutter Scaffold
Declarative Scaffold widget with AppBar and FAB
star-hero-card
3D Parallax Hero Card
Multi-depth layered touch-interactive card
star-billing
Google Play Billing
In-app purchase & subscription client integration
star-wallpaper
Android Wallpaper Bridge
Sets system, lock screen, or both wallpapers
star-gyro
Gyroscope Sensor
Computes 3D parallax offsets from device tilt
star-whenever
Whenever / Otherwise
Natural conditional branching
star-when
When Widget
Functional conditional widget When(cond, a, b)
star-class
Class Declaration
Class with properties and methods
star-func
Function Declaration
Idiomatic function with give back
⚙️ Extension Settings
star.executablePath: Custom path to star.bat or star.exe (defaults to auto-discovery).
star.lint.enable: Enable real-time syntax checking via Star Doctor (default: true).
