Benefits

• This extension allows you to use your VS Code IDE as a single development environment. You do not have to constantly switch between your IDE and the Catalyst CLI.

• It provides you with a user-friendly UI you can use to perform operations in your local environment with just a few clicks. You do not have to type out commands and execute them as with the CLI.

• You can easily log in or log out and generate, revoke, and delete authentication tokens all from the IDE. You can therefore maintain login sessions in your IDE independent of the CLI.

• You can code and client and functions components within VS Code, and also securely deploy them to the console from the same space.

• You can also run the terminal present in your VS Code IDE and use Catalyst CLI there, if you require it.

• You can test non-HTTP functions easily in the IDE by providing test-inputs as .JSON inputs using the catalyst-inputs.json file.