Visual Studio Code: Difference between revisions
imported>Jmarmstrong1207 Add nix-direnv reference for automatic switching |
m Category:IDE added |
||
| (5 intermediate revisions by 5 users not shown) | |||
| Line 37: | Line 37: | ||
Some examples here: [https://github.com/search?q=extensionFromVscodeMarketplace&type=code GitHub search for "extensionFromVscodeMarketplace"] | Some examples here: [https://github.com/search?q=extensionFromVscodeMarketplace&type=code GitHub search for "extensionFromVscodeMarketplace"] | ||
{{ic|extensionsFromVscodeMarketplace}} is a manual way to fetch extensions. However, to keep updated from upstream, [https://github.com/nix-community/nix-vscode-extensions nix-community/nix-vscode-extensions] provides the Nix expressions for the majority of available extensions from Open VSX and VSCode Marketplace. A GitHub Action updates the extensions daily. | Note: For fetching the sha256 string you can use the following command. Make sure to replace the author, the package name and version!<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | ||
nix-prefetch-url https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/_apis/public/gallery/publishers/ms-vscode-remote/vsextensions/remote-ssh-edit/0.47.2/vspackage | |||
</syntaxhighlight>{{ic|extensionsFromVscodeMarketplace}} is a manual way to fetch extensions. However, to keep updated from upstream, [https://github.com/nix-community/nix-vscode-extensions nix-community/nix-vscode-extensions] provides the Nix expressions for the majority of available extensions from Open VSX and VSCode Marketplace. A GitHub Action updates the extensions daily. | |||
It's also possible to install VS Code via [[Home Manager]]: | It's also possible to install VS Code via [[Home Manager]]: | ||
| Line 52: | Line 54: | ||
</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
* See for more options: [https://nix-community.github.io/home-manager/options. | * See for more options: [https://nix-community.github.io/home-manager/options.xhtml#opt-programs.vscode.enable Home Manager Manual: Options - programs.vscode] | ||
* Search for extensions with configurations: [https://search.nixos.org/packages?type=packages&query=vscode-extensions NixOS Search: vscode-extensions] | * Search for extensions with configurations: [https://search.nixos.org/packages?type=packages&query=vscode-extensions NixOS Search: vscode-extensions] | ||
| Line 149: | Line 151: | ||
== Creating development environments using nix-shell == | == Creating development environments using nix-shell == | ||
Instead of using configuration.nix to add packages (e.g. Python or NodeJS) for developing code on VSCode, you can instead use nix-shell. This will allow you to seamlessly create development environments with the correct packages for your project, without rebuilding and restarting NixOS. See [ | Instead of using configuration.nix to add packages (e.g. Python or NodeJS) for developing code on VSCode, you can instead use nix-shell. This will allow you to seamlessly create development environments with the correct packages for your project, without rebuilding and restarting NixOS. See [[Development_environment_with_nix-shell | this page]] for further instructions in building nix-shell development environments. | ||
=== Automatically switch nix shells when switching projects === | === Automatically switch nix shells when switching projects === | ||
| Line 327: | Line 329: | ||
fi | fi | ||
</syntaxHighlight> | </syntaxHighlight> | ||
[[Category:Applications]] | |||
[[Category:IDE]] | |||