VSC plug-in for Parse Server

[mtrezza]

New Feature / Enhancement Checklist

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Current Limitation

Parse Dashboard offers a console to execute code for Parse Server, but the editor is lacking all the benefits of a modern IDE.

Feature / Enhancement Description

Instead of maintaining a "debugging console" inside Parse Dashboard, a Visual Studio Code plug-in may offer all the benefits of a modern IDE and allows to extension.

Example Use Case

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Alternatives / Workarounds

Further develop or replace the integrated console with a more modern IDE framework.

3rd Party References

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[dblythy]

I think we need the Monaco editor for this - would be good if we could pass types in too

[mtrezza]

You mean as a replacement for the current editor in Parse Dashboard?

[dblythy]

Isn’t that what you were suggesting?

[mtrezza]

I mean to suggest to develop a plugin for VSC and then remove the code editor from Parse Dashboard.

[dblythy]

Oh, right. My misunderstanding

[mtrezza]

Maybe we can find a comparable plugin in VSC as inspiration to see how that could work. I imagine it something like this:

• Add a connector to connect VSC to a Parse Server (like the various database connector plugins)
• Add config page to import a selectable version of the Parse JS SDK that auto-initializes using the connection
• Allow to execute a JS file (or just a selected function inside it), and run it; automatically having the Parse SDK available

So all you'd have to do it is:

1. Install the VSC plug-in
2. Add a Parse Server connection
3. Run code against Parse Server

Ideally you could manage multiple Parse Server connections. And auto-complete comes OOTB as long as Parse JS SDK supports it.