Extension Activation

Activation

All code related to activation of the extension can be found in extension.ts file.

Startup code

• Code that needs to be executed when extension starts.
• E.g. registering command handlers, or the like.

initializeServices (old way)

• Modifying the initializeServices in the extension.ts file to register startup code is the old way of doing it.

IExtensionActivationService (new way)

• All classes implementing IExtensionActivationService will have their activate methods invoked when the extension loads
• This is done in the ExtensionActivationManager class
• This provides a very simple way of registering startup code, without having to modify extension.ts file.