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Build

To build the vscode-mssql Service Layer, the most straight-forward way is open the source project (./src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/ folder), restore the project's NuGet dependencies (which is done automatically in Visual Studio), and run the build task in VSCode or Visual Studio (CtrlShiftB). This will compile the code and drop everything in the ./bin/ folder off of the root of the project. This is the most simple way and will produce the dll files you can run using the dotnet command.

If you need to do something special, read on for details about Cake.

Cake

In addition to the standard build process, we have added a much more robust build system for performing complicated build processes that require more than just compiling the code. As such Cake (cakebuild.net) was selected for the task. Running cake is only necessary in the following scenarios

  • Regenerating resource files after adding a new string
  • Packaging the Service Layer into a NuGet package

Cake Prerequisites

Cake requires Mono to be installed on non-Windows machines as Cake is not built using .NET Core (yet).

Cake Usage

Run build.(cmd|ps1|sh) with the desired set of arguments (see below for options). The build script itself is build.cake, written in Cake's C#-like DSL using the Cake build automation system.

Arguments

Primary

-target=TargetName: The name of the build task/target to execute (see below for listing and details). Defaults to Default.

-configuration=(Release|Debug): The configuration to build. Defaults to Release.

Extra

-test-configuration=(Release|Debug): The configuration to use for the unit tests. Defaults to Debug.

-install-path=Path: Path used for the Install target. Defaults to (%USERPROFILE%|$HOME)/.sqltoolsservice/local

-archive: Enable the generation of publishable archives after a build.

Targets

Default: Alias for Local.

Local: Full build including testing for the machine-local runtime.

All: Same as local, but targeting all runtimes selected by PopulateRuntimes in build.cake. Currently configured to also build for a 32-bit Windows runtime on Windows machines. No additional runtimes are currently selected on non-Windows machines.

Quick: Local build which skips all testing.

Install: Same as quick, but installs the generated binaries into install-path.

SetPackageVersions: Updates the dependency versions found within project.json files using information from depversion.json. Used for maintainence within the project, not needed for end-users. More information below.

SRGen: Generates a new version of the sr.resx, sr.cs, and sr.designer.cs files that contain the string resources defined in sr.strings. Run this after adding a new string to sr.strings

Cake Configuration files

build.json

A number of build-related options, including folder names for different entities. Interesting options:

DotNetInstallScriptURL: The URL where the .NET SDK install script is located. Can be used to pin to a specific script version, if a breaking change occurs.

"DotNetChannel": The .NET SDK channel used for retreiving the tools.

"DotNetVersion": The .NET SDK version used for the build. Can be used to pin to a specific version. Using the string Latest will retrieve the latest version.

depversion.json

A listing of all dependencies (and their desired versions) used by project.json files throughout the project. Allows for quick and automatic updates to the dependency version numbers using the SetPackageVersions target.

Artifacts Generated From Cake

  • Binaries of Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer and its libraries built for the local machine in artifacts/publish/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/default/{framework}/
  • Scripts to run Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer at scripts/SQLTOOLSSERVICE(.Core)(.cmd)
    • These scripts are updated for every build and every install.
    • The scripts point to the installed binary after and install, otherwise just the build folder (reset if a new build occurs without an install).
  • Binaries of Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer and its libraries cross-compiled for other runtimes (if selected in PopulateRuntimes) artifacts/publish/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/{runtime}/{framework}/
  • Test logs in artifacts/logs
  • Archived binaries in artifacts/package (only if -archive used on command line)