- Launch the `preLaunchTask` task to compile the extension
- Launch a new VS Code instance with the `json-language-features` extension loaded
- You should see a notification saying the development version of `json-language-features` overwrites the bundled version of `json-language-features`
- Open a `.json` file to activate the extension. The extension will start a JSON language server process.
- You can debug the language server process by using `Attach to Node Process` command in the first VS Code window.
-Test the behavior of this extension by editing json files
- Open a `.json` file to activate the extension. The extension will start the JSON language server process.
- Add `"json.trace.server": "verbose"` to the settings to observe the communication between client and server.
-Debug the language server process by using `Attach to Node Process` command in the VS Code window opened on `json-language-features`
- Run `Reload Window` command in the launched instance to reload the extension
### Contribute to vscode-json-languageservice
[Microsoft/vscode-json-languageservice](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-json-languageservice)contains the language smarts for json.
This extension wraps the json language service into a Language Server for VS Code.
If you want to fix json issues or make improvements, you should make changes at [Microsoft/vscode-json-languageservice](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-json-languageservice).
[Microsoft/vscode-json-languageservice](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-json-languageservice)is the library that implements the language smarts for JSON.
The JSON language server forwards most the of requests to the service library.
If you want to fix JSON issues or make improvements, you should make changes at [Microsoft/vscode-json-languageservice](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-json-languageservice).
However, within this extension, you can run a development version of `vscode-json-languageservice` to debug code or test language features interactively:
