Lycia VS Code Extension
Overview
Lycia VS Code Extension, or LVSCE, is a modern IDE for 4GL development that embodies best practices from its successful predecessor, Lycia Studio, and is seamlessly integrated with Visual Studio Code.
It is a cross-platform, lightweight solution for local and remote development, supporting legacy and modern 4GL variants, carrying a great versatility and many customization options.
Improvements and additions for Lycia aim to keep your 4GL applications in check with modern functionality and look, allowing for portability, scaling, load-balancing, containerization.
Lycia also supports command-line options.
Features
- Local and remote installations;
- 4GL code completion (based on IntelliSense);
- Forms conversion from legacy to modern format;
- Form Builder - a visual forms creation tool;
- Building, deploying and running 4GL applications and projects directly from VS Code;
- Local and Remote debugging;
- Web services (REST API);
- Cloud-readiness;
- Containerization;
- Load-balancing;
- Support for command-line tools;
- Lycia LowCode to automate common and repeating tasks
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.
Forms: Forms, Files, Elements, Basics
Customize Your Forms With Public Resources
See next: LVSCE Installation and Uninstallation