Prerequisites
node, npm and yo have to be installed
Globally install npm package generator-code
Then we need to install the npm package generator-code globally
npm install -g generator-code
Create VS Code Extension project
With generator-code installed we can start creating an VS Code Extension project
yo code
Globally install npm package vsce
This is the VS Code Extension Manager and it is required to generate VSIX files, which can be used to deploy VS Code Extensions.
npm install -g vsce
Generate VSIX file for the VS Code Extension
Go to the folder of the new created VS Code Extension project and execute
vsce package
Install VS Code Extension locally
After the VSIX file has been successfully generated (for example test001-0.0.1.vsix) execute the following command to install the extension locally.
code --install-extension .\test001-0.0.1.vsix