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

This is afree extension I have made for VSCode, if you find it useful to yourself or your business thenI would love you to consider sponsoring me on Github please

• 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
• Support for PHP viaApplicationHost.config common changes for all sites running with IIS Express

• Windows Machine (Sorry not for Linux, OSX or Web)

Open the command pallete in VSCode & typeext install then search forIIS Express alternatively you candownload the IIS Express for VSCode extension on the marketplace

IIS Express for VSCode automatically generates a default config file for you & stores it at.vscode/iisexpress.jsonYou can modify this file on disk inside VSCode to get intellisens/autocompletion for the available properties for you to set

By default with the file not generated it will create the following file for you on disk and setting a random port number.

{"port":18420,"path":"./","clr":"v4.0","protocol":"http"}

Below is a table of settings that can be used to configure IIS Express for VSCode. You can easily get to these settings by using the settings (cog) icon in the IIS Express pane found by default under the file explorer.

• Start Website - Start the current folder run as a website
• Stop Website - Stop the current folder run as a website
• Restart Website - Restart (Stop & Start) the current folder run as a website
• Become a supporter - Opens a webpage to my GitHub Sponsor page if you wish to donate & become a sponsor
• Open Settings - This directly opens VSCode settings for IIS Express

The VSCode command pallete is your friend. PressF1 on the keyboard and start typing IISExpress to see the list of commands to use.Alternatively is version 1.2.0 and newer there is a new panel view that by default lives under the list of files in the file explorer, in newer versions of VSCode you are able to drag and drop this pane around to a new location if you prefer to put it elsewhere.

To enable HTTPS for your site use the settings file.vscode/iisexpress.json set the propertyprotocol tohttps and ensure the port property is in the range between44300 - 44399

If you need to run your application on a specific port number, you can edit theport property in the.vscode/iisexpress.json. The next time the application runs it will use the new & updated port number.

By default IIS Express for VSCode binds to the following keyboard shortcuts, you may prefer to change these keybindings if you find them conflicting in your workflows.The best way to do this is toread the official documentation from VSCode.

With version 1.4.0 and newer it is now possible to change the colors of the icons displayed in the tree view, if you wish to customise them you can do so by using the documentation from VSCode

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/themes#_customizing-a-color-theme