Lycia VS Code Extension
Overview
Lycia VS Code Extension, or LVSCE, provides the opportunity for developers to do their daily work in 4GL and other languages in Visual Studio Code environment. LVSCE is a modern, quick, lightweight tool that embodies best practices from Lycia Studio and Form Designer, with the newest improvements and additions.
LVSCE has web and local versions, which you can use to work locally and remotely.
As VS Code is a graphical IDE with built-in terminals support, you can work in both graphical and command-line environments.
Features
- Support for local and remote installation;
- 4GL code completion (based on IntelliSense);
- Forms conversion (from legacy to modern format);
- Building, deploying and running 4GL applications and projects directly from VS Code;
- Local and Remote debugging;
- Support for Lycia command-line tools;
- Form Builder - a visual forms creation tool;
- Support for Lycia LowCode.
Chapter Navigation
Installation and Uninstallation: Learn how to install LVSCE;
Layout and Interface: See how we've adjusted VS Code per demands of 4GL development processes;
Configuration: Learn how to configure LVSCE for your projects;
How To: Meet a set of detailed instructions for different parts of 4GL development process, like:
Setting Minimal Configuration Requirements
Creating Projects, Programs and Files
Adding Existing Programs, Libraries, Files to Projects, Programs and Workspaces
Creating a Function Breakpoint
Creating a Breakpoint on Change
Creating Logpoints With Output to the Debug Console or Log File
Executing Tasks Using Debug Console
Cleaning, Building, Rebuilding, Deploying Projects and Programs
Form Builder: Get to know our new graphical forms creation tool to design your forms quickly and easily as never before.
See next: LVSCE Installation and Uninstallation