Express

Hosts current workspace with Express web server in Visual Studio Code

Usage

To host your current workspace in Express with default port number (80), and then open in your default browser.

• Bring up Command Palette (F1, or Ctrl+Shift+P on Windows and Linux, or Shift+CMD+P on OSX)
• Type or select "Express: Host current workspace and open in browser"

When Express is up and ready, an icon will show up in the status bar . You can click on it to open your site in browser.

Commands

Command	Title
express.hostWorkspace(portNumber)	Express: Host Current Workspace
express.hostWorkspaceAndOpenInBrowser(portNumber)	Express: Host Current Workspace and Open in Browser
express.hostWorkspaceWithRandomPort	Express: Host Current Workspace with Random Port Number
express.hostWorkspaceWithRandomPortAndOpenInBrowser	Express: Host Current Workspace with Random Port Number and open in browser
express.openInBrowser	Express: Open Currently Hosted Website in Browser
express.showOutput	Express: Show Output
express.stopServer	Express: Stop Server

Preferences

By default, the Express server is hosted on port 80. You can configure it to different port in preferences.

// Specifies the port number the Express server should listen to
"express.portNumber": 80,

// Determines whether to omit informational messages
"express.omitInformationMessage": false,

// Specifies the path to be hosted on Express, relative to the workspace root
"express.relativeRoot": null,

// Specifies the minimum port number to use for random port number
"express.randomPortNumber.min": 8000,

// Specifies the maximum port number to use for random port number
"express.randomPortNumber.max": 8999,

// Determines whether to show output on server start
"express.showOutput": true,

Tips: Settings can be shared across team when overridden by workspace settings and checked into source control.

Change log

• 0.0.4 (2016-03-24): Update extension description
• 0.0.3 (2016-03-16)
  • Show every request in output when server start
• 0.0.2 (2016-03-16)
  • Support both pre-configured or random port number
  • Call vscode.commands.executeCommand('express.hostWorkspace', 8080) to host on port 8080
  • Automatically stop server when extension is being deactivated
• 0.0.1 (2016-03-14): First public release

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