jdtcd / tcd-coder

TCD Coder Visual Studio Code extension

TCD Coder extension for Visual Studio Code

This small Visual Studio Code extension is intended for students taking modules in the School of Computer Science and Statistics at Trinity College Dublin.

The extension provides module-specific configuration settings for Visual Studio Code that are then used by other extensions (e.g. Cortex-Debug), tasks and launch configurations. The settings simplify cross-platform support.

Features

Manually choose a module and environment and apply settings

The Apply Settings ... command allows you to choose a module and an environment profile and then sets appropriate Visual Studio Code settings to support the chosen module.

Auto-detect environment and module and apply settings

On startup, the extension will also attempt to auto-detect the environment and apply an appropriate settings profile.

Detect and warn about UNC paths

Since network UNC paths are not supported by the toolchain used in the module, the extension will attempt to detect when a folder or workspace is incorrectly opened using a TCD School of Computer Science and Statistics UNC path and, if possible, will prompt the user to re-open the folder/workspace using a mapped drive.

Use

Manual application of settings

Use the Apply Settings ... command to chose a module and environment.

Automatic delection of environment and application of module settings

To support automatic detection of encironments and automatic application of module settings, the extension is activated when a folder is opened that contains a tcd-coder.json file. In a multi-root workspace, this can be in the root of any of the folders included in the workspace.

Only one key:value pair is currently supported in the tcd-coder.json file. The module key identifies the module for which settings should be applied. The module identifier MUST correspond to one of the modules supported by the extension, for example:

{
    "module": "CSU11021"
}

Planned Features

• List repositories available in a configured GitLab group and provide a simple means to clone a selected project and add it to the current multi-root workspace.

Known Issues

No known issues