You can search on that page to find the information you need, but there is an even easier way. For each extension, you’ll need to include the publisher and the name of the extension in the following format.įor demo purposes, we’ll open up the Debugger for Chrome extension in the marketplace. Inside of this property is where you will list each of the extensions that should be included in your Extension Pack. Pay specific attention to the extensionPack property. After answering all of the questions, you will receive confirmation that your project has been generated.Īfter opening the new project in VS Code, you’ll want to take a look at the package.json file. In this case, choose New Extension Pack.Īfter that, you will be asked several different questions about your extension such as the name, identifier, and description.
You will quickly be prompted to choose what type of extension you are creating. You can start this process by running the following command. With the correct tools installed, you are now ready to generate a new Extension Pack project.
Then, you can install the code generator tools for VS Code extensions like so. You can install Yeoman with the following command. To get started creating an Extension Pack, you will need to install the Yeoman scaffolding CLI tools as well as the code generator for VS Code. In this article, you’ll create an Extension Pack so you can share your collection of extensions with other developers. Extension Packs in Visual Studio Code are useful when you want to install a collection of related extensions.