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Bookmark or Share- Extension API - Visual Studio CodeVisual Studio Code has a rich extension API. Learn how to create your own extensions for VS Code.
- Extension Guides | Visual Studio Code Extension APIHere are the guides on the VS Code website, including their usage of the VS Code API and Contribution Points. Don't forget to refer to the UX Guidelines to learn the user interface best practices for creating extensions. Here is a list of additional samples from the VS Code Extensions samples repo. These samples are Language Extensions samples:
- Custom Data Extension | Visual Studio Code Extension APICustom Data format allows extension authors to easily extend VS Code's HTML / CSS language support without having to write code. The two Contribution Points for using custom data in an extension are: For example, by including this section in an extension's package.json:
- Language Configuration Guide | Visual Studio Code Extension APIThe contributes.languages Contribution Point allows you to define a language configuration that controls the following Declarative Language Features: Comment toggling; Brackets definition; Autoclosing; Autosurrounding; Folding; Word pattern; Indentation Rules; Here is a Language Configuration sample that configures the editing experience for ...
- Extension Anatomy | Visual Studio Code Extension APIUnderstanding these three concepts is crucial to writing extensions in VS Code: Activation Events: events upon which your extension becomes active. Contribution Points: static declarations that you make in the package.json Extension Manifest to extend VS Code. VS Code API: a set of JavaScript APIs that you can invoke in your extension code.
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