HPE DEV VS Code Snippets

A VS Code snippet collection which exposes commonlly used PowerShell snippets for HPE Nimble Storage.

What's in the extension

• This folder contains all of the files necessary for your Snippet extension.
• package.json - this is the manifest file that defines the location of the snippet file(s) and how to install them.
• snippets/hpe-dev_storage-snippets_powershell.json - the snippet definition file.

Get up and running straight away

• Press F5 to open a new window with your extension loaded oir restart VSCode.
• Open a new or existing PowerShell Project.
• Start typing 'nimble' as a prefix and the collection of snippets will appear in a pop-up window.
• You may use the up and down arrows to navigate to the various different snippets, and in doing so you can read the descriptions of each
• Hit the escape key if you want to continue typing without selecting one of the snippets.
• Or hit enter to select the snippet and it will be inserted into your file at the location of your cursor.
• if the snippet requires defined user-input fields, you will be able to tab to these fields to fill in the required or missing information.

Make changes

• You can relaunch the extension from the debug toolbar after making changes to the files listed above.
• You can also reload (Ctrl+R or Cmd+R on Mac) the VS Code window with your extension to load your changes.
• When editing snippets, you can delete individual snippets, or to add your own snippets, you can more easily add 'user-defined' snippets.
• If you have additional snippets you would like to add and share with the world, please consider submitting them to the github project located at https://github.com/HewlettPackard/hpe-dev-storage-snippets once you have reviewed the CONTRIBUTING.MD file to ensure that you understand the requirements for a sucessfull submission.

Install the extension

• To start using your extension with Visual Studio Code copy it into the <user home>/.vscode/extensions folder and restart Code.
• once this extension is posted on the HPE Github site, and submitted to the Extension Gallery, you will search for 'HPE' and find this extension and automatically install it.

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