Propose extensions for new users in open-wc templates

[jlengrand]

Hey there,

I wanna check the idea past you before proposing a PR :).

You folks recommend vscode and given extensions in your documentation.

There is a way to offer to install recommendations when you create / clone a project and the user doesn't have them installed yet in vscode. See this page

I would like to recommend creating the extension.json file in the .code folder. This is how it will look like.

• In the template, add a .code/extensions.json file that looks like this :

{
	"recommendations": [
		"esbenp.prettier-vscode", 
		"runem.lit-plugin",
		"dbaeumer.vscode-eslint"
 // Add typescript for TS projects?
	],
	"unwantedRecommendations": [

	]
}

• When the user creates a new project and extensions are not installed yet, he is prompted with a pop up like this :

• This shows recommended extensions and allows me to install them at the press of a single button :

What do you think ?

[jlengrand]

Hum, I'm looking into the create repo, if you have any pointers as to where the .code folder and the extensions.json files should be placed in the generators that'd actually be helpful

[daKmoR]

you can probably add it to the common repo helpers
https://github.com/open-wc/create/tree/master/src/generators/common-repo/templates/static

[daKmoR]

hmmmm . files are always a little tricky... might need to add some special copying 😅

just a hunch - be sure to test it out

[jlengrand]

Didyou try it? I ve made a PR for it yesterday night 🙂