Envd for Visual Studio Code 
The envd extension helps to build, manage or destroy environments of envd. It provides user friendly interface for most common environments, images and contexts operations.
Installation
By default, envd extension use system pip3 to manage envd executable.
You don't need to install envd manually. We would arrange all for you.
To use another pip manager rather than the system default, you could choose it in the options.
If you don't like any package manager, you can also point to an absolute envd executable path. In this case, the version check and update prompt will be disabled.
Overview of the extension features
Editing envd files
You can get IntelliSense when editing your build.envd files, with completions and syntax help for common functions.
Build envd environment
We support envd up and envd build commands for each def build_xxx() entry. These commands will be provided as CodeLens.
Though any function could be used as an entry, only functions containing build will be recognized as an entry. As build() is envd default entry, we hope everyone could have a good practice.
| ✔️ Good entries |
⚠️ Bad entries |
❌ Unrecognized |
build() |
build010() |
BUILD() |
jupyter_build() |
nvidiabuild() |
Build() |
build_GPU() |
buildings() |
jupyter() |
Environment Explorer
The envd extension contributes an envd Explorer view to VS Code. The Explorer lets you examine and manage envd assets: environments, images and contexts.
To remove any environment, image or context, you could choose Remove or Destroy from right-click menu.
Attach to environment
This is a special feature for the VSCode platform, the extension will provide similar usage to VSCode Remote Development extension. If you are familiar with development at Remote-SSH or wsl, things will be easy.
To attach to an envd environment at a VSCode Terminal, you could click Attach to terminal from Environment Explorer of every environment item, or right-click menu.
To attach to an envd environment at a new VSCode Window, you could click Attach to VSCode from Environment Explorer of every environment item, or right-click menu.
Some environments will provide endpoint like jupyter, you could attach to them by click either.
New version notification and installation
When a new version of envd is available, envd extension will show a notification, and instruct you to install it in need. This happens every time the extension is activated. If you need to fix envd version, turn off the Check Version checkbox at options.
You can also switch the version of envd at any time you want if the pip package manager is enabled.
Acknowledgement
