// Available variables which can be used inside of strings. // ${workspaceRoot}: the root folder of the team // ${file}: the current opened file // ${fileBasename}: the current opened file's basename // ${fileDirname}: the current opened file's dirname // ${fileExtname}: the current opened file's extension // ${cwd}: the current working directory of the spawned process // A task runner that calls a custom npm script that compiles the extension. { "version": "0.1.0", // we want to run npm "command": "npm", // the command is a shell script "isShellCommand": true, // show the output window only if unrecognized errors occur. "showOutput": "silent", // we run the custom script "compile" as defined in package.json "args": ["run", "compile", "--loglevel", "silent"], // The tsc compiler is started in watching mode "isBackground": true, // use the standard tsc in watch mode problem matcher to find compile problems in the output. "problemMatcher": "$tsc-watch" }