Add FTP Syncing

[ghost]

Please, I would be grateful if you were to add FTP uploading/downloading from VS code, I use VS 2015 but if you add this, I would immediately switch.

I think a lot of people would like this feature.

Sincere thanks.

[ggregoire]

2 extensions provide what you are asking for:

• ftp-simple
• ftp-sync

Hope it helps you.

[joaomaridalho]

None of the plugins compare to a native FTP Solution like Netbeans, VS etc...

[LawJolla]

@joaomaridalho agreed. I use tired old Coda to deal with remote files for its FTP client. Many of us don't want to sync files -- we want to log on to a remote server and edit them on the server.

[joaomaridalho]

@LawJolla I love VS code but it's one major deal breaker when you use ftp alot, when I'm developing electron applications VS code is simply the best tho

[LawJolla]

@joaomaridalho Good news... the docs are horrendous, but the ftp-simple package does what I (and I think you) need. It looked to be a synchronizer, but it allows server editing and saving. Give it a try and let me know -- I'd be surprised if it didn't work for you. https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=humy2833.ftp-simple

[joaomaridalho]

Thanks @LawJolla I will look into it

[technbuzz]

@ggregoire for some reason these two packages slow down my VSCode. So the only way to go is to wait for built support.

[realeeh]

I hope there will be a native, built-in FTP feature with multiple servers (selectable default one as well) and directory mapping (so I don't have to browse to which folder I want to sync my file in the project).

Something like in PHPStorm. Currently this is the only feature which holds me back from using VSCode at work.

[josemi-ca]

+1

This was one of the most requested features on UserVoice: https://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/293070-visual-studio-code/suggestions/7752729-ftp-editing

[ghost]

Testes ftp-simple and ftp-sync. It's ok for automatic file upload on save, which is a good time saver.

But I would love to see a ftp browser on the explorer sidebar, that allow me to quickly pick a file on the remote server and edit it. which is something I do everytime in my job, as a lot of web developpers.

When you use CMS like drupal, wordpress, or magento, you just don't want to sync the whole project of several thousand of files in order to make minor modifications...

[liambaloh]

The two suggested plugins break endlessly and hang on websites with lots of files, fail to maintain sessions, don't upload reliably, etc. They are a cause of a lot of frustration. A native implementation of FTP file download/upload (or a reliable plugin) is the only thing keeping me from moving to VS Code as my main scripting tool.

Ideally, I'd like to have a remote file browser, which only ever fetched the file and folder names contained in the currently selected remote folder (not the whole file structure) and only one level deep - so it would not fetch the file and folder names of the subfolders in the currently selected folder until the subfolder is selected. On double-click it would download the clicked-on file from the server and on save it would upload it.

[VaclavElias]

+1

[emkographics]

+2 This would be deal breaker. I'm trying to stop using coda as i keep going back to it due to the remote ssh folder view that allows direct editing on the server.

[LawJolla]

@emkographics Agreed. That's the only reason Coda is still on my hard drive. Their FTP implementation is perfect. (The text editor... well, it's fine for 2007 🥇 )

[ArkhipovK]

+3 The ftp-explorer is indispensible. Also as password hiding (inside config) and multiserver manager.

[ghost]

+1 vote for this. Even if there are external plugins that provide FTP syncing, a good FTP explorer is missing (same than the file explorer, but remotly) and I'm not sure if the VS code architecture can allow external plugin to implement that.

[realeeh]

Regarding FTP deploy/download, I suggest using VS-Deploy

[ghost]

There is no remote file browser like the explorer sidebar in VS-Deploy

[liambaloh]

Here is a visual representation of precisely how I would like this to work: http://l1m.eu/f0uv2qm3 (video)

I've gone back to Notepad++ as a plugin for it adds precisely the capability I want and that's worth more to me than the benefits VS Code has over Notepad++.

[Fire-Brand]

+1

[yolo2013]

+1

[yolo2013]

@realee94 vs-deploy is so sloooooooow..... coda 2 and Webstorm is better than all vs code plugins now.

PS:It gonna be fine when I set checkBeforeDeploy to false.

[pwwang]

+1 I switched back to KomodoEdit unless this feature is added.

[fulldecent]

I use Atom. If VS Code can successfully implement this feature (which has only been done correctly a few times in the history of all text editors) then I will switch.

[jens1o]

Well, since there is a new api, it can be better integrated as an extension.

[fulldecent]

@jens1o Would you be able to provide insight on which new APIs would enable @balohmatevz's vision above (https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/13643#issuecomment-291084609) to be built?

Everyone in this discussion has probably suffered through second-class remote file editing a la Atom and Code. If a new API allows this to be done, which has never been done before, then maybe people will contribute to a bounty to get it done.

[jens1o]

https://github.com/bpasero/vscode-ftp-example Extensions are now able to add a new tree to the sidebar

Screenshot here: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/26948#issuecomment-303036936

[emkographics]

@fulldecent what is your issue with Atoms remote file editing? The Remote-FTP package looks promising. I've just installed it and will try using it. I'd like to know what issues you were having with it since I'm fairly new to it.

[fulldecent]

Thanks for the survey. The issue it it requires setup:

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https://atom.io/packages/remote-ftp

Getting started

• Open an existing project or create a new one (File -> Open folder...)
• Open remote-ftp sidebar (Packages -> Remote-FTP -> Toggle)
• Create a configuration file for your project (Packages -> Remote-FTP -> Create (s)FTP config file)
• Once connected you should be seeing the content of the remote connection

• All basic commands (connect, disconnect, ...) are available from the sidebar context menu and the Command Palette

Instead I am hoping for File->Open->Network Folder and then you type in sftp://root@server:/var/www and then it just works.

Currently I pay Panic $50 for that convenience and I get their abandonware Coda app. Panic makes it look good. And Coda makes it very clear that you are getting first-class support for SFTP not some afterthought.

[pwwang]

@fulldecent You would like to try Komodo Edit, which does a good job in opening remote folders, and it's free.

[fulldecent]

@pwwang Very nice, thank you!

[Qibbles]

Atom just feels really sluggish to me, but remote-ftp did what I needed with it's remote file explorer. If VSCode has support for that, it'd be perfect!

[rtpm]

+1

[JulianBerger]

+1 , also using atom because of remote-ftp

[ghost]

I think we need something better then just built in ftp. For example it can be somehing like built-in deploy manager with support of ftp , sftp, other managers, remote edit files on server, downloads from server and other wide options set. Making all two using the extension is good if extension is very good and give all features and if target which extensions provide is not so popular to include it. The best approach is maintaining support of ftp as extension but with support of it from core team and bundle it with VSCode

[Qibbles]

Actually I've just found out that ftp-simple for vscode has a beta feature called remote working woe something like that that works pretty well so far for remote file explorer and remote editing. Was a bit confusing when I was trying to set it up but now it works quite well and feels snappier than atom ever would! Give it a try!

[Fire-Brand]

@Qibbles, there are still many issues with ftp-simple that could be solved with a native ftp solution from the VSCode team. For exmaple - i'm unable to connect to any remote server on my Macbook with MacOS 10.12.4 Hopefully this feature will come soon....

Edit: SOLVED here

[pwwang]

@Fire-Brand Yes, you are right. Here is another issue. A watch function is definite necessary. I pulled files from github on the server, but ftp-simple did not sense that. I modified files in vscode and all codes were messed up, as the files being opened in vscode were not updated. I was really frustrated. This happened to me twice!

[sonyarianto]

SFTP built-in is a must to increase VSCode credibility, since this feature is very importance puzzle piece on software development. I like the SFTP plugin in Sublime Text.

[ghost]

Native ftp solution is very good idea, but i think it would be better to move this feature to next milestone, because this milestone is near to its close and ftp need to big time for solid implementation

[pwwang]

@NickolasGame Where can we find the milestone information? Thanks.

[ghost]

What did you mean "the milestone information"

[pwwang]

@NickolasGame I mean what's included in the plan and when a milestone closes, and what will be included and when for the next one.

[vfhky]

we can explore or edit remote files just like in our local windows machine.

[elabx]

Pus one on this, I'd suggest taking a look at how easy emacs does this, you just write the address and boom you are connected on ssh or ftp. Then you can just bookmark the address and you can connect directly to a directory i see this working amazingly on the search bar. It would be a killer feature for VS Code.

[jpldev]

+1

[architchandra]

+1

[jiamings]

+1

[javicorvus]

+1

[Seijinx]

+1