README.md

MavensMate for VS Code

MavensMate plugin for the Visual Studio Code editor that aims to replicate the functionality of the Eclipse-based Salesforce IDE. Its goal is to allow developers to work inside Sublime Text for all their Salesforce-related tasks.

• Create & Edit Salesforce.com projects with specific package metadata
• Create & compile Apex Classes, Apex Trigger, Visualforce Pages, Visualforce Components
• Create & Edit Lightning Components (v7 only)
• Retrieve & compile other types of Salesforce.com metadata
• Run Apex test methods and visualize test successes/failures & coverage
• Deploy metadata to other Salesforce.com orgs
• Apex Execute Anonymous
• Stream Apex Logs to your local filesystem
• Apex & Visualforce Code Assist

Issues

All issues are managed by the central MavensMate project

Install

Prerequisites

• VS Code https://code.visualstudio.com/
• OSX: Add VS Code to Path (Run Shell Command : Install code in PATH from command palette)
• MavensMate Desktop Beta.6 (must be running in order for MavensMate for VS Code to function) https://github.com/joeferraro/MavensMate-Desktop/releases/tag/v0.0.11-beta.6

Plugin Installation

1. Open VS Code
2. Run Extensions: Install Extension command
   • Running commands from VS Code
3. Search for MavensMate
4. Hit Enter

Setup

###Important Settings (Configured in MavensMate Desktop)

####Workspaces (mm_workspace)

You may set mm_workspace to a single path on your local filesystem or an array of paths.

#####Examples

######Array of workspaces

"mm_workspace" : [
	"/Users/darylshaber/Desktop/my-cool-folder",
	"/Users/darylshaber/Workspaces/my-mavensmate-workspace"
],

######Single workspace

"mm_workspace" : "/Users/darylshaber/Desktop/my-cool-folder",

Windows users: You must use escaped backslashes to set your workspaces:

"mm_workspace" : [
	"\\Users\\darylshaber\\Desktop\\my-cool-folder",
	"\\Users\\darylshaber\\Workspaces\\my-mavensmate-workspace"
],

Plugin Development

1. Open the extension project in VS Code
2. Open a Terminal with ctrl+`
3. Run npm install
4. Develop! VS Code Extensibility Reference

Organization

The point of entry for the code is src/extension.ts where the extension is registered.

src

Is the main directory of code for this project.

mavensmate

Code specifically relevant to the MavensMate app. Should avoid referencing vscode.

vscode

Provides an interface to vscode, encapsulating some concepts relevant to mavensmate.

workspace

Encapsulates code relevant to the workspace where projects are contained and the file system.