IIS and IIS Express extension for Visual Studio Code

This extension gives you the power to run web apps from a folder opened in Visual Studio Code using IIS/IIS Express web server.

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This is a free extension. If you find it useful to yourself or your business then you might consider sponsoring it on Github.

Features

• Full XML syntax highlighting for .config files
• Context-aware completions for IIS configuration elements and attributes powered by a C# language server
• View element and attribute type information on hover
• Validate configuration against IIS schema (foundation ready for diagnostics)
• Automatically loads schema definitions from IIS Express and IIS installations
• Detect and launch Jexus Manager to enable the opened project on IIS/IIS Express web server.
• Multiple-folder workspace is fully supported.
• Access to most IIS/IIS Express configuration options.
• ASP.NET/ASP.NET Core/Blazor projects are fully supported.
• PHP support can be enabled manually.
• Node.js, Java, Python, Ruby, and Go support can be enabled by adding HttpPlatformHandler to IIS Express.
• CORS support can be enabled by adding IIS CORS module to IIS Express.

To learn more about Jexus Manager, you can visit its documentation site.

Requirements

• Windows
• Jexus Manager
• IIS Express

Available Commands

Use View | Command Pallette... to open the command list and search for the commands below,

• Launch IIS/IIS Express from here - Start Jexus Manager to perform IIS/IIS Express actions.
• Reset IIS/IIS Express selected config file - Change the config file Jexus Manager should use.

Known Issues

• Only IIS Express mode is supported at this moment.

Release Notes

Release notes can be found at GitHub.