How to install a local VS Code extension

# How to install a local VS Code extension

You have two easy options.

**For development testing:**

1. Open this repo in VS Code.
2. Run:

```bash
npm install
npm run compile
```

3. Press `F5`, or use **Run and Debug** → **Run Extension**.

That opens an Extension Development Host window with the local extension loaded.

For **installing it like a normal extension**, package a VSIX:

```bash
npm install
npm run compile
npx vsce package
```

Then in VS Code:

1. Open Command Palette.
2. Run **Extensions: Install from VSIX...**
3. Select the generated `.vsix` file.