EbXpJ6bp / IIS-Express-Code

This is an extension for Visual Studio Code that the current folder opened in VS Code can be run as a website using IIS Express

Run websites straight from VS Code using IIS Express

This extension gives you the power to run a folder open in Visual Studio code as a website using IIS Express.

Install

Open the command pallete & type ext install then search for IIS Express

Usage

Available commands

• IIS Express: Run Website - Start or stop the current folder run as a website

Features

• Auto opens folder in browser
• Super simple way from the command pallete to start & stop the website
• See ouput from the IIS Express command line directly in Visual Studio

Requirements

• Windows Machine (Sorry not for Linux & OSX)
• IIS Express installed

Changelog

Version 0.0.5

• Bug Fix: Fixes problem with extension from loading correctly after updating to VSCode 1.3

Version 0.0.4

• New: Community PR from @czhj that supports Chinese characters in output build log window

Version 0.0.3

• New: Port number setting can be set in .vscode/iisexpress.json if you wish to override random port number

You need the following file added .vscode/iisexpress.json and then you can set the port setting like so

{
    "port":8081
}

Version 0.0.2

• New: Port number is now random

Version 0.0.1

• Initial release