Predefined task customization

• Сustomize the Default Build Task
• Create Multiple Tasks
• Customize preLaunchTask
• Create Multiple Launch Cnfigurations

Сustomize the Default Build Task

To customize the default build task, preform the following steps:

1. In the VSCode, open command palette (ctrl + shift + P on Windows/Linux, command + shift + P on MacOS).

2. In the opened panel, type in the Configure Default Build Task:

   

3. Select dotnet-meteor: Build from the list:

   

   This will add the tasks.json file to your project:

   {
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "tasks": [
           {
               "type": "dotnet-meteor.task",
               "problemMatcher": [],
               "label": "dotnet-meteor: Build",
               "group": {
                   "kind": "build",
                   "isDefault": true
               }
           }
       ]
   }

4. Specify a custom pre-build parameter in the args section of the tasks.json file.

   "type": "dotnet-meteor.task",
   "problemMatcher": [],
   "label": "dotnet-meteor: Build",
   "args": [
       "-p:MyCustomBuildOption=value"
   ],
   "group": {
       "kind": "build",
       "isDefault": true
   }

Create Multiple Tasks

You can duplicate the default build task and change any of the task setting. The following code snippet contains the default and custom publish tasks:

{
	"version": "2.0.0",
	"tasks": [
	    {   //Default build task
		"type": "dotnet-meteor.task",
		"problemMatcher": [],
		"label": "dotnet-meteor: Build",
		"group": {
			"kind": "build",
			"isDefault": true
		}
	    },
            {   //Custom publish task
		"type": "dotnet-meteor.task",
		"problemMatcher": [],
                "args": [ "-p:MyReleaseProperty=value" ],
		"label": "Custom publish task"
	    }
	]
}

To run the custom build task, type in the Run Task in the VSCode command palette, and choose the task:

Customize preLaunchTask

1. Create the launch.json file. The following code sample contains its default content:

   {
       "version": "0.2.0",
       "configurations": [
           {
               "name": ".NET Meteor Debugger",
               "type": "dotnet-meteor.debugger",
               "request": "launch",
               "preLaunchTask": "dotnet-meteor: Build"
           }
       ]
   }

2. You can set the preLaunchTask's value to your task's name. The following code sample defines a new task in the tasks.json file:

   {
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "tasks": [
           {
               "type": "dotnet-meteor.task",
               "problemMatcher": [],
               "label": "My custom task",
               "args": [ "-p:MyCustomProperty=value" ],
           }
       ]
   }

3. Now you can register this task in the launch.json file to run it before the application startup:

   {
       "version": "0.2.0",
       "configurations": [
           {
               "name": ".NET Meteor Debugger",
               "type": "dotnet-meteor.debugger",
               "request": "launch",
               "preLaunchTask": "My custom task"
           }
       ]
   }

4. Optional step. You can remove the preLaunchTask parameter and build the project only when you call the build command:

   {
       "version": "0.2.0",
       "configurations": [
           {
               "name": ".NET Meteor Debugger",
               "type": "dotnet-meteor.debugger",
               "request": "launch"
           }
       ]
   }

Create Multiple Launch Configurations

You can lanch multiple launch configurations for different run scenarios:

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": ".NET Meteor (no build)",
            "type": "dotnet-meteor.debugger",
            "request": "launch"
        },
        {
            "name": ".NET Meteor (custom build)",
            "type": "dotnet-meteor.debugger",
            "request": "launch",
            "preLaunchTask": "My custom task"
        },
        {
            "name": ".NET Meteor (pair to Mac)",
            "type": "dotnet-meteor.debugger",
            "request": "launch",
            "preLaunchTask": "My custom task 2"
        }
    ]
}

Open the side bar's Run and debug tab and select a launch configuration from the drop-down list: