Features

This extension provide preview of HTML which execute on web server.When you save files, this extension automatically reload browser or side panel (live preview feature).You can call these features from the context menu or editor menu.The main features are as follows.

Preview on side panel (ctrl+shift+v): Open preview of HTML on side panel. With this feature, you can easely check the operation of HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Launch on browser (ctrl+shift+l): Open Web Page on default browser. You can check all operation with web page.
Stop the web server (ctrl+shift+s): Stop the web server. This feature can be used only from command palette.
Resume the web server (ctrl+shift+r): Resume the web server. This feature can be used only from command palette.
show UI Page (ctrl+shift+u): Show UI Page. You can change options at UI page.

Extension Settings

Description

This extension contributes the following settings:

previewServer.browsers: Browsers to launch. Even if you do not set this option, default browser launch if the ignoreDefaultBrowser is false. Default setting is null.
previewServer.ignoreDefaultBrowser: Controls whether launch default browser or not. Default setting is false.
previewServer.isWatchConfiguration: Controls whether resume the Web Server or not, when change settings. Default setting is true.
previewServer.port: Port number of the Web Server. If you set null, vscode-preview-server generate random number, and set port as random number. Default setting is 8080.
previewServer.proxy: Set proxy. This is usefull when execute web app on another web server. Default setting is '.
previewServer.sync: Controls whether synchronized or not. Default setting is true.
previewServer.ui: Port number of UI Page. Default setting is 3001.
startupProject: Name of startup project. This setting is meaningful only when in the workspace. This value is the name of the folder. When using this workspace and omitting this value, the first folder becomes the startup project Default setting is null.

Simple example

Settings with workspace

How to build locally

Ensure that you have gulp-cli installed globally using npm i -g gulp-cli.
Run npm install to bring in the dependencies.
Run gulp build to produce i18n files.
Press F5 key to launch extension.

Known Issues

Preview on side panel somethimes don't work with CDN, Link etc.

Acknowledgements

This extension use browsersync.I would like to thank browsersync team for useful work.

Lisence

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In this tutorial for Visual Studio development using Node.js and Express, you create a simple Node.js web application, add some code, explore some features of the IDE, and run the app.

If you haven't already installed Visual Studio, go to the Visual Studio downloads page to install it for free.

If you haven't already installed Visual Studio, go to the Visual Studio downloads page to install it for free.

In this tutorial, you learn how to:

Create a Node.js project
Add some code
Use IntelliSense to edit code
Run the app
Hit a breakpoint in the debugger

Before you begin

Here's a quick FAQ to introduce you to some key concepts.

What is Node.js?

Node.js is a server-side JavaScript runtime environment that executes JavaScript server-side.

What is npm?

npm is the default package manager for the Node.js. The package manager makes it easier for programmers to publish and share source code of Node.js libraries and is designed to simplify installation, updating, and uninstallation of libraries.

What is express?

Express is a web application framework, used as a server framework for Node.js to build web applications. Express allows you to choose different front-end frameworks to create a UI, such as Pug (formerly called Jade). Pug is used in this tutorial.

Prerequisites

You must have Visual Studio installed and the Node.js development workload.
If you haven't already installed Visual Studio 2019, go to the Visual Studio downloads page to install it for free.
If you haven't already installed Visual Studio 2017, go to the Visual Studio downloads page to install it for free.
If you need to install the workload but already have Visual Studio, go to Tools > Get Tools and Features.., which opens the Visual Studio Installer. Choose the Node.js development workload, then choose Modify.
You must have the Node.js runtime installed.
If you don't have it installed, we recommend you install the LTS version from the Node.js website for best compatibility with outside frameworks and libraries. Node.js is built for 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. The Node.js tools in Visual Studio, included in the Node.js workload, support both versions. Only one is required and the Node.js installer only supports one being installed at a time.
In general, Visual Studio automatically detects the installed Node.js runtime. If it does not detect an installed runtime, you can configure your project to reference the installed runtime in the properties page (after you create a project, right-click the project node, choose Properties, and set the Node.exe path). You can use a global installation of Node.js or you can specify the path to a local interpreter in each of your Node.js projects.
This tutorial was tested with Node.js 8.10.0.

Create a new Node.js project

Visual Studio manages files for a single application in a project. The project includes source code, resources, and configuration files.

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In this tutorial, you begin with a simple project containing code for a Node.js and express app.

Open Visual Studio.
Create a new project.
Press Esc to close the start window. Type Ctrl + Q to open the search box, type Node.js, then choose Create a new Basic Azure Node.js Express 4 application (JavaScript). In the dialog box that appears, choose Create.
From the top menu bar, choose File > New > Project. In the left pane of the New Project dialog box, expand JavaScript, then choose Node.js. In the middle pane, choose Basic Azure Node.js Express 4 application, then choose OK.
Apowersoft free online screen recorder espanol. If you don't see the Basic Azure Node.js Express 4 application project template, you must add the Node.js development workload. For detailed instructions, see the Prerequisites.
Visual Studio creates the new solution and opens your project in the right pane. The app.js project file opens in the editor (left pane).
(1) Highlighted in bold is your project, using the name you gave in the New Project dialog box. In the file system, this project is represented by a .njsproj file in your project folder. You can set properties and environment variables associated with the