Starcounter Visual Studio.

A Visual Studio extension that assist in development and debugging of Starcounter applications. Contain project- and item templates and support the extension to be installed and uninstalled using a VSIX package.

Usage

This extension requires StarcounterBin user level environment variable to point to the Starcounter installation folder.

Releasing a new version

Build

• Clone the source repository from Github.
  • On the command line, enter:

  git clone https://github.com/Starcounter/Starcounter.VisualStudio.git
  

• Open src\Starcounter.VisualStudio.sln.
• Expand the project Starcounter.VS.VSIX and open file source.extension.vsixmanifest.
• Change the version number to the version number that you want to release. e.g. 1.0.x
• Change the build type to Release and build the Solution.

Testing

• Open the directory bin\Release\
• Run Starcounter.VS.vsix.
• Make sure this successfully installs the project extension.

Pack

• Open the file build\version.txt.
• Enter the version that you want to release e.g. 1.0.X.
• Open the command line in the Starcounter.VisualStudio and enter:

   pushd build
  

• Execute the batch file pack.bat by entering:

   .\pack.bat
  

• This should create a directory in Starcounter.VisualStudio\artifacts

Publishing to nuget.org

• Download the latest Nuget.exe from Nuget.org.
• Enter the following command:

   set PATH=%PATH%;C:\nuget 
  

  where "c:\nuget" is the path to the nuget.exe.
• You would need StarcounterNuGetKeyFull in order to publish, ask for the Key to UrbanStar team.
• Enter command:

   set StarcounterNuGetKeyFull="xxxx"
  

• Enter following command to publish :

   .\pack_and_push.bat
  

• New version should appear in Package Home after some time.

Updating extension in VS Marketplace

• Login to Visual Studio Marketplace. Please ask to UrbanStar team if you don't have the credentials.
• Search for Starcounter.
• Browse Starcounter for Visual Studio.
• Click on the Manage link at the top right corner.
• Click on the Kebab Menu (...) found in front of the extension name and choose Edit.
• In the Upload extension section click on the pencil icon and choose the Starcounter.VS.vsix file found under the directory bin\Release\. The the version number that you want to upload should appear in the version number field on the same window.
• Click on the Save & upload button found at the bottom of the window.

Resources

• Home on Visual Studio marketplace.
• Home for package on nuget.org.
• Modifying the Isolated Shell By Using the .Pkgdef File.
• Substitution Strings Used in .Pkgdef and .Pkgundef Files.
• HowTo: Set an Environment Variable in Windows - Command Line and Registry.
• VsixPackage Element (Vs Extension).