#Creating visual studio extensions install

vsix file that contains one or more visual studio extensions, that, together with the metadata visual studio, is used to classify and install the extensions. the following is a small definition from the same msdn link. you can read more about theoretical aspects andВ the finer details of vsix packages as a developer, one always wants the ide on which one is working to have certain features apart from the inbuilt one. Vsix visual studio packages give us the flexibility to customize visual studio as per our need and requirement. in my article, i'll try to explain each and every small part step by step, so that one can learn while coding.

msdn contains good content but it's very generic and to the point.

#Creating visual studio extensions how to

due to the fact that this is a very rare topic and it's hard to find enough study material on this topic over the web, this article explains how to work with it - step by step. In this 'three article' series of visual studio extensibility, weвЂ™ll learn how to create a new visual studio package, deploy that on a staging server and git via continuous integration setup, and at the end create a visual studio isolated shell application with that embedded package. when discussing extensibility, i simplyВ mean adding some more features or customizing the existing implementations of any product to fulfill your needs. a custom visual studio with oneвЂ™s own extensions and features. customization of your ide, customization of the desired features that every developer would love to have, and even customization on the ide that could eventually result in a whole new product altogether, i.e. visual studio extensibility features are in themselves so powerful that it gives a new definition to customization. itвЂ™s just that they are not very commonly used which, to me, is a surprise. Finally, we have created our first SAP Fiori Tools App in Visual Studio.Visual studio extensibility features are not new in. Enter the command npm start.ДЄpp will open and run on which will be opened automatically in the default browser as below.Д¬lick on Settings, it will pop up window with available filters as below. Enter the command npm install to install required dependencies. Now open New Terminal using Ctrl+Shift+`. Now application will be created and opened as below. When we choose Yes for Configure advanced options, it will enable UI5 version selection and theme selection of your choice.

Now we need to project details like module name, title of your application, namespace for the application, description, and project path.

Provide Northwind service in Odata v2 Service URL, then available entities will be loading in Main Entity, I have choose Products and click on Next.

Here we will go with Connect to an OData Service and click on Next. Now, we have to connect to backend system either by connecting to SAP System or using the OData service or through Metadata document. We will choose List Report Object Page V2 and click on Next. Now we need to select template from the available Template Selection (List Report Object Page, Worklist, Analytical List Page, and Overview Page).

#Creating visual studio extensions generator

Now Yeoman Generators will launch as shown below and choose SAP Fiori Tools вЂ“ Application Generator and click on Next. Once we open the Visual Studio (VS) Code, use Ctrl+Shift+P to launch command palette and search for Application Generator and choose that to create SAP Fiori App. Now let us create our first app using SAP Fiori Tools in Visual Studio (VS) Code.

#Creating visual studio extensions code

Hope you have gone through my previous blog on Installing Visual Studio Code and Configuring SAP Extensions in Visual Studio Code