Tanzu Developer Tools for Visual Studio Code

Tanzu Developer Tools is VMware Tanzu's official IDE extension for VS Code which helps you develop on Tanzu Application Platform enabled Kubernetes clusters. VMware Tanzu Application Platform (TAP) is a modular, application-aware platform that provides a rich set of developer tooling and a prepaved path to production to build and deploy software quickly and securely on any compliant public cloud or on-premises Kubernetes cluster.

The Tanzu Developer Tools extension provides an easy way for you to see your workloads (applications or micro services) on supported Kubernetes clusters with TAP installed, understand details of the Kubernetes resources associated with your workloads including errors and logs, and enables you to rapidly iterate on your workloads.

Note: This extension currently supports Java applications on Mac OS and Windows, and only works with Tanzu Application Platform enabled Kubernetes clusters.

Extension Features

Make a ready-to-code development environment by using development containers (alpha)

Use devcontainers to make a ready-to-code development environment. This enables developers to connect to a pre-configured development container that includes all Tanzu tools and IDE extensions required for development on Tanzu pre-installed. Read more: here

See code updates running on-cluster in seconds

Using Live Update the Tanzu Developer Tools extension enables you to deploy your workload once, then save changes to the code and see those changes reflected within seconds in the workload running on the cluster.

Apply, Debug, and Delete workloads on cluster directly from VS Code

The Tanzu Developer Tools extension enables you to rapidly iterate on your workloads on TAP by allowing you to deploy them as workloads, debug them in a production-like environment on your TAP-enabled Kubernetes cluster, and delete workloads directly from within VS Code.

Watch workloads running on the cluster

From the Tanzu Workload panel you can see and take actions on any workload found within the cluster and namespace.

Kubernetes resource error information, pod logs, and describe

From the Tanzu Activity tab you can track the status of each workload on supported Kubernetes clusters with TAP installed. Easily understand Kubernetes resources that are experiencing errors, get pod logs, and describe any resource.

Dependencies

This extension must be used with a supported Kubernetes cluster that has a Tanzu Application Platform installed. Download TAP here. Make sure you have the following installed on your workstation:

• kubectl CLI (to interact with Kubernetes)
• Tilt (to support live update)
• Tanzu CLI and apps plugin (to interact with TAP)
• Debugger for Java (to support Java debugging)
• Language Support for Java(TM) by Red Hat (to support Java debugging)
• YAML (to support code snippets for TAP YAML files)
• Pinniped (for authentication)

Documentation

See our documentation for details on:

• Installation - How to install the extension.
• Getting Started - How to set up a project for use with the extension.
• Using the Extension - How to use the various features of the extension.
• Learn about the Tanzu Application Platform

Support

TAP customers can receive product support at https://tanzu.vmware.com/support.

Not a TAP customer? Contact us to learn more about TAP https://tanzu.vmware.com/contact