VS Code as an OctoPrint IDE?

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Hi Folks,

I've finally decided it time to "dip my toe in the water" and attempt to write a simple plugin to integrate a UPS with OctoPrint (using apcupsd) to park and power off the printer in the event of power failure (overhead power lines + lots of trees = power cuts).

I found and read the Developer Docs but, other than the fact that they seem "a little out of date" I got the distinct impression that I would be re-inventing the wheel (no pun intended) because I already have VS Code and Python installed on my Windows 10 machine to fiddle with Fusion 360 Add-In's, and Platform IO integration for Marlin and a BTT-TFT35-E3-V3.0.

So, before I dig a hole and bury myself, is this a viable option? Is anyone else already doing this or am I wasting my time?

Many thanks for any advice and pointers!

Andy B.

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I use vscode as an ide for my plugin. Works great.
Set up a couple of virtualenvs (for python 2.7 and 3) and you're golden.

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Thanks for that, one quick question did you go with the VS Code Python extensions or did you use the "standard" Python for Windows installers?

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Who says he's using windows at all :wink:

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I certainly didn't, but I did mention I was... :grin:

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Ummm... he did...

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You're referring to the wrong post :wink: @cnyper

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I'm on a mac, I used the built in 2.7 and installed the 3.7 packages from python).

VS code is configured to recognise my virtualenvs directory, and I use pylint and black for linting and formatting.

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Thank you!

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Sorry to weigh in on this post, but I am curious about the details of how you manage the plugins with VS Code in this situation?

I am interested in the ability to debug while playing around with (mostly other people's) plugins, and I am also trying to dip my toe in the water here as a very inexperienced dev.

I have successfully gotten VS code to run an octoprint server (remotely on a raspberry pi) - but I am not sure how to manage a plugin in this application. If you have any tips or tricks I would love to hear them!

Thanks!

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Any news on your plugin?

I recently got an APC ups and already setup apcupsd on my home server, my media pc and my dektop pc.
But of cause it would be great to pause/shutdown the 3D printer as well. :sunglasses: