Features

Debugging support - Set breakpoints, launch and debug your source code running on the Roku device all from within VSCode

Automatic Rendezvous tracking when logrendezvous is enabled on the Roku. See here for information on how to enable rendezvous logging your Roku.

Real time code validation

Syntax highlighting

Code formatting

Injection of the Roku Advanced Layout Editor(RALE) task from a single user managed version

• This helps avoid committing the tracker to you repo and also lets you manage what version you want installed rather then other users on the project
• See (Extension Settings and RALE Support for more information)

Publish directly to a roku device from VSCode (provided by roku-deploy)

• Also supports zipping and static file hosting for Component Libraries (click here for more information)

Basic symbol navigation for document and workspace ("APPLE/Ctrl + SHIFT + O" for document, "APPLE/Ctrl + T" for workspace)

Goto definition (F12)

Peek definition (Alt+F12)

Find usages (Shift+F12)

XML goto definition support which navigates to xml component, code behind function, or brs script import (F12)

Method signature help (open bracket, or APPLE/Ctrl + SHIFT + SPACE)

Roku remote control from keyboard (click here for more information)

Brightscript output log (which is searchable and can be colorized with a plugin like IBM.output-colorizer

Navigate to source files (by clicking while holding alt key) referenced as pkg:/ paths from output log, with various output formats.

• Configure brightscript.output.hyperlinkFormat as follows:
  • Full pkg:/components/KeyLogTester.brs(24:0)
  • FilenameAndFunction KeyLogTester.DoSomething(24:0)
  • Filename KeyLogTester.brs(24)
  • Short #1
  • Hidden ``

Marking the output log (CTRL+L)

Clearing the output log (CTRL+K), which also clears the mark indexes - be sure to use the extension's command for clearing, or you may find that your hyperlinks and filters get out of sync

Filtering the output log - 3 filters are available:

• LogLevel (example ^\[(info|warn|debug\])
• Include (example NameOfSomeInterestingComponent)
• Exclude (example NameOfSomeNoisyComponent)

Variable bs_const values using the launch.json (see the BS_Const section for more information)