VSCode Web Extension Migration

[HeinrichAD]

Is it possible to migrate this extension to a web extension?

The benefits are obvious. This extension could be included in the browser versions of VSCode such as vscode.dev or in the IDE integration of GitHub and GitLab.

Documentation:

• https://code.visualstudio.com/api/extension-guides/web-extensions#migrate-extension-with-code

[javiertmar]

It is possible that adding the next entry to the package.json will work on the web:

"browser": "./out/src/extension",

[HeinrichAD]

No that's not the case here. There is much to do to get this extension working as a web extension.

• update the vscode engine (the current version does not even support web extensions)
• currently, many used frameworks are not available for web extensions: fs, path, os, child_process. These part need to be changes.
  • Note: This is manageable, but in my opinion the most painful part, which requires more work/effort, is that a lot is currently done synchronously. However, since all alternatives for the web extension logically have to work asynchronously, you have to modify/redesign quite a lot even for very small steps along the route.

Take a look at the shard link to the documentation above. Nearly, all these steps need to be done for this project to be able to run as a web extension.