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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:

by viewing web page marketplace.visualstudio.com
directly in Visual Studio, by clicking Tools→ Extensions and Updates...

This is a simple and convenient way to publish extensions.

2. Prerequisites

Ensure that following conditions are met before you publish an extension:

Code is building properly (use ''Release" configuration) and there is .vsix file 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 edit and publish Dexter Visual Studio Plugin
Sign in to V isual 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:

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