Inspiration
This project was inspired through the pain of switching node versions because I used many different LTS node versions when I'm working on different projects. I found nvm to be quite handy on solving this problem. But, switching through the nvm CLI is kinda slow because I need to open a terminal and all that stuff, so I thought of switching the versions through a shortcut inside vscode.
What it does
It integrates and visualize nvm inside a vscode extension, you can add, switch, and delete node versions from the vscode-nvm extension.
How we built it
Through our experience with TypeScript, and rigorous reading of the VSCode API and nvm documentation, we're able to build the nvm integration through making a vscode extension.
Challenges we ran into
- Wanky nvm CLI makes it harder to figure how to run nvm commands from a sub-shell.
- Huge time difference between teammates makes it harder to communicate.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
- We're able to integrate the base features of nvm, which is a CLI to a VSCode extension
- We're able to communicate even our timezones are way different.
What we learned
- Learned how to build and publish a VSCode extension
- Learned simple string parsing with regex
What's next for vscode-nvm
- Fetching the remote versions are slow, if only there is a way to smart cache detection for this?
- Add windows support with nvm-windows
Built With
- nvm
- typescript
- vscode
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