BCON Syntax Highlighting for VS Code
Syntax highlighting extension for BCON (BCON Configures Only Nicely) configuration language.
Features
- ✨ Full syntax highlighting for
.bcon files
- 🎨 Support for all BCON language features:
- Keywords:
import, use, as, from, export, skip, class, extends, includes
- Comments: single-line (
#) and multi-line ('...')
- String interpolation with
[Main.property] and [This.property]
- Data types: strings, numbers, BigInt, booleans, dates, regex, files
- Special constants:
True, False, Null, Undefined, NaN, Infinity
- Array (
@*) and dictionary (@key) syntax
- Destructuring and imports
- Classes with type validation (BCON 2.2.0+):
- Class definitions with fields and types
- Type annotations (
:) for primitive and custom types
- Optional fields (
?) and default values (=)
- Class inheritance with
extends
- Primitive types:
String, Number, Boolean, BigInt, Date, RegExp, Array, Object, Any
- 📝 Proper tokenization for semantic highlighting
Get BCON Parser
https://github.com/parrotcore/bcon-parser
Installation
Install from VS Code Marketplace or search for "BCON Syntax highlighting" in VS Code extensions.
Recommended Extensions
For enhanced productivity when working with BCON files, we recommend:
Setup Path Intellisense for BCON
After installing Path Intellisense, it should work automatically in strings. If you want to customize it, add to your VS Code settings (Ctrl+, → Open Settings JSON):
{
"path-intellisense.mappings": {
"./": "${workspaceRoot}"
},
"path-intellisense.extensionOnImport": true,
"path-intellisense.autoSlashAfterDirectory": true
}
Then when typing:
import "./
You'll see file and folder suggestions.
Example
# Single line comment
'Multi-line comment'
import [cityType] from "./cityTypes.bcon".utf8;
use "production" as environment;
use 8080 as port;
# Class definition with type validation
class City [
@name: String;
@population: Number;
@founded?: Date;
@coordinates: [
@lat: Number;
@lon: Number;
];
];
# Class inheritance
class CapitalCity extends City [
@parliament: String;
@isCapital: Boolean = True;
];
# Creating class instances
use City [
@name => "Warsaw";
@population => 1720000;
@coordinates => [
@lat => 52.2297;
@lon => 21.0122;
];
] as warsaw;
export [
@environment => environment;
@port => port;
@city => warsaw;
@greeting => "Welcome to [Main.environment]!";
];
License
MIT
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