ECE 2035 Class VSCode Extension

The companion extension to GaTech ECE 2035 Programming HW/SW Systems class. Supports RISC-V assembly development.

Related Repositories

Emulator repository: Here

Example assignment repository: Here

Getting Started

This guide assumes you are looking to develop the extension or test a development preview of the extension.

Clone the repository and download/install Node.js on your computer. You can download that from here. Once Node.js is installed, navigate to the ece2035 directory inside the repository from your terminal. Run the line npm install to download the dependencies and prepare for building the extension. Once npm has finished installing dependency packages, open the directory ece2035 from VSCode. If successful, the Run/Debug panel on the left should have a green arrow to launch the extension at the top of the screen. Click this button to build and run a version of VSCode with the development extension enabled. To test the extension, you can make/open a .asm file, or open the example project folder exampleProject in the subdirectory ece2035\assets\ .

IMPORTANT: You must have the RISC-V emulator built locally on your computer. To override the path of the emulator executable used:

1. Run the extension and while in its development host, go to the extension's Settings by navigating to (File -> Preferences -> Settings) and searching for RISC-V:

Select Edit in settings.json and add the following JSON entry:

"riscv.emulatorPath": "<absolute path to riscvemulator.exe>"

After restarting VSCode, the extension will automatically detect the overriden executable path.

Current Features

Currently, the following features are working:

• Live warnings/errors of RISC-V assembly files