Development Environment Setup

Extension development requires appropriate development environments, such as Node.js and Python.

DANGER

When extension web pages (including Web Mini Programs and General Services ) are open, physical buttons and shortcuts on the industrial teaching pendant will be disabled.

To enable shortcuts in your extension, please refer to: Enable Shortcuts

VSCode Download and Installation

1. Download the VSCode installation file

Visit the official website: https://code.visualstudio.com/

Download the latest version of VSCode

2. After downloading, click to run and follow the prompts for installation

VSCode Extension Installation

1. Search for Agilebot Extension Helper in the VSCode extension marketplace and install it

Node.js Download and Installation

1. Download the nvm installation file

On GitHub: https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm-windows/releases

Download nvm-setup.exe

2. After downloading, click to run and follow the prompts for installation

3. After installation, enter nvm -v in the terminal. If you can see the version number, the installation was successful

4. Set the nvm mirror source by entering the following command in the terminal

nvm node_mirror https://npmmirror.com/mirrors/node/

5. Use nvm to install node by entering the following commands in the terminal

nvm install 20
nvm use 20

6. After installation, enter node -v in the terminal. If you can see the version number, the installation was successful

7. Set the node mirror source by entering the following command in the terminal

npm config set registry https://registry.npmmirror.com

8. Enable corepack by entering the following command in the terminal

corepack enable

9. Set the corepack mirror source by setting the following environment variable in system settings

COREPACK_NPM_REGISTRY=https://registry.npmmirror.com

Python Download and Installation

1. Download the Python installation file

Visit the official website: https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/

Download the latest version of Python

2. After downloading, click to run and follow the prompts for installation