1. What is Visual Studio Marketplace?
Visual Studio Marketplace is a public repository of extensions and add-ons (both free and paid) for Microsoft Visual Studio made by 3rd party developers.
It can be accessed in two ways:
This is a simple and convenient way to publish extensions.
2. Prerequisites
Ensure that following conditions are met:
- Code is building properly (use ''Release" configuration) and there is .vsix file being generated
- All unit tests are passing
- You have updated manifest file source.extension.vsixmanifest.
- You have updated README.md
3. Deploying Dexter plugin
In order to publish extension on Marketplace, one should use Visual Studio Gallery.
- Contact Karol Antczak (k.antczak@samsung.com) in order to obtain rights to publish Dexter plugin
- Sign in to Visual Studio Gallery and click "My Extensions":
- There should be a list of your extensions, with Dexter in it. Click "Edit" button:
- If you want to upload new version, click "Change" link and select your .vsix file:
- After uploading, basic information should be filled up basing on information from manifest file. You can edit this if you want:
- If you are ready to publish new version, click "Save" button at the bottom of the page:
- After a while, new version of extension should be publicly visible in Visual Studio Matketplace:
