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Power Query Connector Development SDK for VS Code
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Compatibility with VSCode.dev #300

Closed sancarn closed 9 months ago

sancarn commented 9 months ago

Problem

Cannot use Power Query SDK on VSCode.dev (vscode online).

Desired Solution

Ability to use builder online - this would be especially useful for businesses who don't have the permissions to install software on their systems.

Alternatives and Workarounds

No response

Additional Context

From looking at the .mez files there doesn't appear to be any need to have binaries, so don't see why this wouldn't be compatible with the web (they are just zip files containing an xml file, images and pq files.

mattmasson commented 9 months ago

Hello - this extension relies on a set of external tools to actually run and test connector code. We wouldn't be able to support this in a web environment.

I opened a tracking item to add vscode.dev support to the vscode-powerquery language service extension. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-powerquery/issues/207

sancarn commented 9 months ago

relies on a set of external tools to actually run

Assume you're talking about the powerquery-sdk? Couldn't the pq-sdk be compiled to wasm such that it can run in the browser?

mattmasson commented 9 months ago

Assume you're talking about the powerquery-sdk? Couldn't the pq-sdk be compiled to wasm such that it can run in the browser?

The evaluation of the M query requires our runtime engine (M/Mashup Engine). The vscode-powerquery-sdk extension downloads the Microsoft.PowerQuery.SdkTools nuget package in the background and uses the pqtest.exe utility to perform the actual evaluations.

Making the entire engine run under WASM is interesting, but unlikely to happen.