Access the extension's features by clicking the "Substrate" icon to the left.
The extension will detect all VSCode actions provided in your workspace folders and list them under the "Actions" panel. Hover over an action and click the "Execute" icon to the right to run it.
The extension will detect all nodes (binary Rust projects) in the workspace and list them in the "Nodes" panel. To compile and run a node, hover over the node in the list and click the corresponding icon. The new process will be listed under "Processes" and a new terminal will be opened with the process's ouput.
If you have already compiled the node and which to run it again without compiling the new changes, click the "Start node" button. The new process will be listed under "Processes" and a new terminal will be opened with the process's ouput.
Once a node is running, you can exit it by clicking the "Stop process" icon.
You can purge the chain of an already compiled node by clicking the "Purge chain" icon.
First, select a node.
The runtime used by this node will be automatically detected and displayed in the "Marketplace" panel. The "Marketplace" panel will then list all pallets available, and add a checkmark next to those that are used by the runtime of the selected node. Hover over each pallet to get access to their homepage, documentation page and GitHub page.
To add a pallet as a dependency of the runtime, click the "Add pallet" icon. This will install the pallet using the tool substrate-deps, installing it if necessary.
Please note that this extension's account management features are meant to be used for testing/development purposes only. The accounts are persisted across restarts.
To add an account, hover over the "Accounts" bar and click the "+" icon. You will then be asked for a human-friendly name, cryptographic type and the key to the account.
You can also import an account from a JSON file by clicking on the "Next actions" icon next to the "+" icon, then choosing "Import account from JSON."
You can also generate a new account with a random seed by clicking "Generate new account".
By right-clicking an account, you can rename it, copy its address, export it as a JSON file, or remove the account from the list.
Contracts are persisted across restarts and are linked to a WebSocket endpoint (host and port). You need to have added an account in the extension in order to be able to deploy a contract.
Select a running process. This will list the contracts you already added to this endpoint in the extension (if any).
You can compile an ink! project, upload its WASM code and instantiate the contract with one click by clicking the "..." icon after hovering over "Contracts", and then selecting "Compile & deploy contract". You will then be asked for the location of your ink! project, a human-friendly name for the contract, the account (see section 4) with which to upload the WASM & deploy the contract, its password, the constructor to use when instantiating the contract, if necessary its arguments, the endowment and maximum amount of gas for the deployment. The contract will then be listed in the "Contracts" panel.
Right-click a contract and click "Call contract method". You will then be asked various information and be informed of the progress of the transaction.
By right-clicking a contract, you can also copy its hash or remove the contract from the list.
