tf-vscode-demo

A demo plugin for Terraform VSCode integration.

Based on Microsoft's example code

The syntax highlighting is adapted from https://github.com/alexlouden/Terraform.tmLanguage

Try out the plugin

• Git clone the project to download it
• Run npm install from the main folder
• Open VS Code on this folder
• Press Ctrl+Shift+B to compile the client and server
• Switch to the Debug viewlet
• Select Launch Client from the drop down
• Run the launch config
  • Internal Language Server
    • select Attach to Server
  • External Language Server
    • Press the :cog: to get into settings (or Cmd, on Mac)
    • Go to Extensions -> Demo configuration
    • Tick Language Server Example: External box
    • (modify settings if your path or args differ from default ones)
    • Press the green restart button in the main window
• In the [Extension Development Host] instance of VSCode, open a Terraform or HCL file
• Examine syntax highlighting details by using Developer: Inspect TM Scopes from the Command Palette
• The client provides snippets for several blocks (resource, module, data, etc.)
• The servers include additional auto-complete items (try typing aws with the internal language server option)