Getting started making vscode extensions

You can scaffold a starting extension using yo (yeoman generator)

npm install -g yo generator-code

(requires node which gives you npm.)

run: yo code and follow the prompts....

> yo code

		 _-----_     ?--------------------------?
		|       |    ¦   Welcome to the Visual  ¦
		|--(o)--|    ¦   Studio Code Extension  ¦
	 `---------´   ¦        generator!        ¦
		( _´U`_ )    ?--------------------------?
		/___A___\   /
		 |  ~  |
	 __'.___.'__
 ´   `  |° ´ Y `

? What type of extension do you want to create? New Extension (TypeScript)
? What's the name of your extension? HelloWorld
? What's the identifier of your extension? helloworld
? What's the description of your extension?
? Initialize a git repository? Yes
? Which package manager to use? npm
	 create helloworld\.vscode\extensions.json
	 create helloworld\.vscode\launch.json
	 create helloworld\.vscode\settings.json
	 create helloworld\.vscode\tasks.json
	 create helloworld\src\test\runTest.ts
	 create helloworld\src\test\suite\extension.test.ts
	 create helloworld\src\test\suite\index.ts
	 create helloworld\.vscodeignore
	 create helloworld\.gitignore
	 create helloworld\README.md
	 create helloworld\CHANGELOG.md
	 create helloworld\vsc-extension-quickstart.md
	 create helloworld\tsconfig.json
	 create helloworld\src\extension.ts
	 create helloworld\.eslintrc.json

	 create helloworld\package.json

Sources

• Your first vs code extension
• Extension anatomy