Azure Devops Extension

How to build package to update Azure Devops

Note: UPDATE VERSION BEFORE BUILD PACKAGE, see in vss-extension.json

From project root, execute:

tfx extension create --manifest-globs vss-extension.json

or execute package.bat.

Install babel

npm install --save-dev @babel/core @babel/cli

Install npm

npm install

Create GUID

Generate id for Extensions Azure Devops, click here.

Source code

From Katalon Cli

DON'T COPY logger.js FROM KATALON-CLI.

Upgrade NodeJS version

• Check the available Node versions from here: https://github.com/microsoft/azure-pipelines-task-lib/blob/master/tasks.schema.json
• Grab the wanted version and update it to katalonTask/task.json

Testing

You can test the extension first before publishing it like this:

• Prepare a private package
  • Change the "public" field to false in the "vss-extension.json" file
  • (Optional) Update extension name, publisher name to avoid confusion with the official package
  • Repackage the project
• Go to Microsoft Market Place
• Click "Publish Entensions"
• Follow the instructions to upload "*.vsix" file and publish the test package
• Share the extension with your personal organization
  • Go to extension management page
  • Click "More actions" button near the extension name
  • Select "Share/Unshare"
  • Add your personal organization
• Install the test extension to your organization
• Create a pipeline & self-hosted agent to start testing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sBDUsYvq1k&ab_channel=ErrorFarm)