Langium VS Code Extension

Welcome to your Langium VSCode extension. This folder contains all necessary files for your language extension.

What's in the folder?

package.json - The manifest file in which you declare your language support.
tsconfig.json - The packages specific TypeScript compiler configuration extending the base config.
esbuild.mjs - Configuration file for esbuild that is used to create the VSCode extension bundle.
language-configuration.json - the language configuration used in the VS Code editor, defining the tokens that are used for comments and brackets.
src/language/main.ts - The entry point of the language server process.
src/extension/main.ts - The main code of the extension, which is responsible for launching a language server and client.

Run npm run langium:generate to generate TypeScript code from the grammar definition.
Run npm run build to compile all TypeScript code.
Press F5 to open a new window with your extension loaded.
Create a new file with a file name suffix matching your language.
Verify that syntax highlighting, validation, completion etc. are working as expected.

Run npm run watch to have the TypeScript compiler run automatically after every change of the source files.
Run npm run langium:watch to have the Langium generator run automatically after every change of the grammar declaration.
You can relaunch the extension from the debug toolbar after making changes to the files listed above.
You can also reload (Ctrl+R or Cmd+R on Mac) the VS Code window with your extension to load your changes.

To start using your extension with VS Code, copy it into the <user home>/.vscode/extensions folder and restart Code.
To share your extension with the world, read the VS Code documentation about publishing an extension.

Documentation about the Langium framework is available at https://langium.org