Vscode: March Iteration Plan

[kieferrm]

This plan captures the focus of our work during the March iteration. It's a 5 week iteration. We will ship early April.

Endgame

• March, 27th: Code freeze for the endgame
• March 31st: Endgame done

The endgame details for this iteration are tracked in #23276.

Plan Items

Below is a summary of the top level plan items.

Legend for annotations:

| Mark | Description |
| ------------- | ------------- |
| :runner: | work in progress |
| :hand: | blocked task |
| :muscle: | stretch goal for this iteration |
| :large_blue_circle: | more details required |
| :red_circle: | missing issue reference |

Workbench

• [x] Initial investigation into multi-root, multi-folder workspaces #396 @bpasero @Tyriar
• [x] Additional theming options in the workbench #3112 @aeschli @bpasero
• [x] Search speed improvements #19983 @roblourens
• [x] Polish - Affordance to maximize Panel #22135 @isidorn
• [x] UI - Investigate on improve key binding customization support #18095 @sandy081 @alexandrudima
• [x] UI - support to keep files deleted on disk open in the editor @bpasero

Tasks

• [x] Support contributing problem matchers #22066 @dbaeumer
• [x] Define TaskProvider API #22069 @dbaeumer

Editor

• [x] Move keybinding dispatching off e.keyCode @alexandrudima #17521
• [x] Polish mini map support (see query) @alexandrudima
• [x] Polish drag & drop support (clean up event ordering) #22094 @rebornix
• [x] Polish rich text copy/paste #22095 @rebornix
• [x] Investigate offline spell checking #20266 @rebornix
• [x] Improve auto completion with fuzzy matching #22153 @jrieken

Terminal

• [x] Terminal improvements to support tasks @Tyriar
  
  
  
  • [x] link validation #21226 @Tyriar
  
  
  • [x] argument parsing for commands #19078 @Tyriar
  
  
• [x] Revisit: Terminal settings as workspace settings #19758 @Tyriar
• [x] UI - navigate to links on modifier click only #21506 @Tyriar

Languages

Languages UI

• [x] Suggestions in comments - revisit and reopen #9504 and leverage new token types in API @jrieken

TypeScript/JavaScript

• [x] Support Implementors Code Lens #20832 @mjbvz
• [x] Adopt cancellation support #18053 @mjbvz
• [x] Investigate performance issues reported for TS Server #22102 @mjbvz
• [x] Track TS server extension API #22101 @mjbvz

Markdown

• [x] Explore extension mechanisms for the buiilt-in markdown support #22916 @mjbvz

Debugging

• [x] Support async stack frames #5552 @roblourens @weinand
• [x] Show all source code when debugging against a remote process #20355 https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-chrome-debug-core/issues/182 @weinand @roblourens
• [x] Surface new Exception DAP in UI #22078 @weinand @michelkaporin
• [x] Support a server mode for debug adapters #22080 @weinand
• [x] Debt: Support env variables for extension host debugging #22150 @weinand
• [x] Debt: Reliable inline instruction pointer (e.g. multi threaded programs) #21122 @weinand @isidorn
• [x] Explore: Add debug menu to improve discoverability #22077 @isidorn
• [x] Explore: configuration UI (quick pick) for exceptions #18093 @weinand
• [ ] :runner: Experiment: support Live Edit for node-debug (legacy protocol) #6930 @weinand
• [x] Edit breakpoint conditions with multiple breakpoint on same line #21151 @isidorn

Extension Authoring

• [x] SCM - finish API based on feedback from early adapters #15894 @joaomoreno
• [x] SCM - make the git SCM Provider the default git support #22131 @joaomoreno
• [x] Support large extension, adopt new marketplace support #18146 @joaomoreno
• [x] Expose progress API #18066 @jrieken
• [x] Control script execution in HTML preview #22103 @mjbvz
• [x] Investigate more types for CompletionItemKind enum #2628 @jrieken
• [x] Add support for a ContentProvider (only interested in content, not a Document) #15723 @jrieken

Contributions to Extensions

• [x] TSLint: investigate into running tslint as a TS server extension Microsoft/vscode-tslint#171 @egamma
• [x] Docker - add telemetry @chrisdias
• [x] Go - https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-go/issues/837 @ramya-rao-a
• [ ] :runner: PHP - language server contributions https://github.com/felixfbecker/php-language-server/issues/323 @mousetraps
• [ ] :runner: PHP - continued progress on PHP parser https://github.com/Microsoft/tolerant-php-parser/milestone/2 @mousetraps

Engineering Items

• [x] Assess Electron adoption @bpasero
  
  
  
  • [x] Understand impact of Electron update on keycodes @alexandrudima
  
  
• [ ] :runner: Investigate into proxy issues #22214 @joaomoreno
• [x] extension host error spamming the core #22804 @kieferrm

Startup performance

• [x] Support that users can capture and report an execution profile on slow startup #21631 @jrieken

Translations

• [x] Import/export to xliff #22092 @michelkaporin
• [x] Explore doing translations using transifex #22070 @dbaeumer @michelkaporin

Telemetry

• [x] Finish migration of backend @ramya-rao-a
• [x] Prune error telemetry @ramya-rao-a

Documentation

• [x] New TOC on website @waderyan @gregvanl
• [x] Update vscode-samples @chrisdias @kieferrm

---

Deferred

• Editor architectural documentation @rebornix @alexandrudima
• UI - explore improved notification story #22388 @stevencl @chrisdias
• Debug - Support to copy the entire text of the debug console #2163 @isidorn
• Tasks - Support that an extension defines the 'Build' command #22067 @dbaeumer
• Tasks - Enable link detection for common error messages #21928 @dbaeumer
• Investigate into UI extension API, improve HTML preview #22068 @jrieken
• HTML - format on paste support #21218 @aeschli
• HTML - tag completion #2246 @aeschli
• Investigate improve release notes for Insiders #22051 @joaomoreno @gregvanl

---

• Move lines up/down with auto indent #22093 @rebornix
• Explore emmet 2.0 support #21943 @ramya-rao-a
• Separate 'configuration' from 'learning' quick links #22097 @chrmarti
• Investigate to provide guidance for technology stacks #22098 @chrmarti @chrisdias
• Enable Electron Crash reporter for all processes after Electron update #21944 @ramya-rao-a
• Support migrating from 0.1.0 to 2.0.0 #22065 @dbaeumer

[equinusocio]

I hope for this

Additional theming options in the workbench (colors, fonts)

[dariusrosendahl]

Would love

Investigate into multi-root, multi-folder workspaces #396 @bpasero @Tyriar

To be able to completely replace Sublime / Atom

[opus131]

FYI this is not linked from the wiki page yet:
https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/wiki/Iteration-Plans

[equinusocio]

Improve website download performance Microsoft/vscode-website#521 @waderyan

#521 is a 404

[jens1o]

@equinusocio I think it's just a private repo 😉

[equinusocio]

@jens1o right

[Tyriar]

@opus131 I added it plus the missing endgame issues :+1:

[opus131]

@Tyriar thank you!

[zbandhan]

It's really adorable. VS CODE is gonna improve in unbelievable velocity. Thanks VS CODE team and everyone behind this nice project.

[equinusocio]

I hope that "Additional theming options in the workbench" is not just a "on/off" display setting :)

[egamma]

Closing the March release has been published.