NPM Rapid Ready

Key Features

Install Packages

Command: Add npm Packages

• Fast packages search
• Auto install @types with any package manager
• Clipboard detection for npm i -D esbuild

Remove Packages

Quickly select & remove packages with Remove npm Packages command or code action on import statements.

Lockfile Watcher

By default, we prompt to run package manager install command on lockfile change (e.g. if package-lock.json was changed after git switch). You can either disable this feature or make it run without confirmation with install.watchLockfiles setting.

Npm Scripts

• Select and start script command: Run npm Script

• Start main script command: Run Main npm Script

• Displays running npm script names in statusbar

• and even more

Useful Builtin Commands

These commands are already builtin into VSCode:

• Tasks: Restart Running Task - Shows QuickPick with all started tasks including NPM scripts. Press enter to restart.
• Tasks: Terminate Task - Same as above, but enter instantly terminates and closes the task
• Tasks: Show Running Tasks - Reveals panel with running tasks
• Tasks: Rerun Last Task - Useful to bind to some shortcut

Open At

There are commands to quickly select and open package on specific resource, such as its repository or its readme right within VSCode. Just go explore command by clicking contributes tab in VSCode!

Default Package Manager

PM – Package Manager.

By default, when project has no lockfile the first installed PM from your system will be used: pnpm, yarn or npm

Note that, npm.packageManager setting (when not auto) always takes precedence and forces to use specific PM in all cases.

Before hit v0.1.0

Currently, extension is stable enough, but there some work before its get out of preview.

On v0.1.0 config will be probably changed.

Similar Extensions

These useful extensions have functionality, that this extension doesn't have:

• npm-import-package-version - show versions as decorations and hover with quick description and ability to go to dep's package.json
• npm-links - show more comprehensive description with ability to go to package repo or other sites

Help Wanted

This extension has already implemented a lot of great & unique features, but it was always suffering because of lack maintenance support. It still has a lot of ideas be to implemented in the feature, they are all easy to implement and I'd happy to transfer them!

Extension Development Notes

src Directory Structure

• src/commands-core - command-related code
• src/core general code, that can be used outside of vscode