development.md

Working with the PowerShell extension code

Building the code

First, install the package dependencies:

npm install

Now you can compile the code:

npm run compile

After the initial compile, the source files will be watched and recompiled when changes are saved.

Running the compiled code

From a PowerShell or cmd.exe prompt, run the following command:

code --extensionDevelopmentPath="c:\path\to\vscode-powershell" .

If you allow the compiler to continue watching for file changes, you can use the Reload Window command found in the command palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) so that the new source files are loaded.