ECLIPSE THEIA - EXTENSION GENERATOR TEMPLATE

A makes template that scaffolds a project structure for developing Eclipse Theia extensions.

It closely replicates yeoman based generator-theia-extension.
Produced projects are the same.

How to use

No local installation needed

Every configuration option is available via prompts or via command line in unnatended mode.

Create a sample project

To scaffold a project with a Theia extension including a browser and electron app, run:

npx makes Alexander-Taran/new-theia-extension

Create a widget extension

npx makes Alexander-Taran/new-theia-extension my-widget -s widget

Skip installing dependencies

To skip installing dependencies and building add skip-install

npx makes Alexander-Taran/new-theia-extension my-widget -s widget,skip-install

Standalone extension

To generate extension without browser or electron apps add standalone

npx makes Alexander-Taran/new-theia-extension my-widget -s widget,standalone

makes will create a folder with the name of your project and scaffold the template inside, so you don't have to create the directory beforehand. But you can ask it to scaffold right in the directory where you run it.

To not create a folder for project

To scaffold the extension without creating a directory for it add --here option at the end. It will use current directory as the destination.

npx makes Alexander-Taran/new-theia-extension my-widget -s widget,standalone --here

Fully customized unnatended setup

 npx makes Alexander-Taran/new-theia-extension my-widget --author "Me" --description "Very Cool" --lerna-version "2.4.1" --theia-version "0.24.0" --version "1.2.3" -s standalone,no-vscode,skip-install,widget

Extension Options

Template Option	Description	Documentation
hello-world	Creates a simple extension which provides a command and menu item which displays a message	readme
widget	Creates the basis for a simple widget including a toggle command, alert message and button displaying a message. The template also contains an example unit test.	readme
labelprovider	Creates a simple extension which adds a custom label (with icon) for .my files	readme
tree-editor	Creates a tree editor extension	readme
empty	Creates a simple, minimal extension	readme
backend	Creates a backend communication extension	readme