pentest-distro-builder/filesystem/root/.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode.powershell-1.8.4/docs/development.md

Development Instructions for the PowerShell Extension

Development Setup

You'll need to clone two repositories and set up your development environment to before you can proceed.

1. Fork and clone the vscode-powershell repository

2. Fork and clone the PowerShell Editor Services repository

3. Follow the development instructions for PowerShell Editor Services

4. Install Visual Studio Code Insiders Release

5. Install Node.js 6.0.0 or higher.

Building the Code

From Visual Studio Code:

Press Ctrl+P and type task build

This will compile the TypeScript files in the project to JavaScript files.

From a command prompt:

Invoke-Build Build

Launching the extension

From Visual Studio Code:

To debug the extension, press F5. To run the extension without debugging, press Ctrl+F5 or Cmd+F5 on macOS.

From a command prompt:

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