microsoft · aeschli · Jun 23, 2026 · Jun 22, 2026
diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
             // $ cd vscode-generator-code
             // $ npm link
             //
+            // Or use the run-generator.mjs script which registers and runs the generator locally
             "type": "node",
             "request": "launch",
             "name": "yeoman code",
-            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/node_modules/yeoman-environment/cli/index.js",
-            "args": [ "run", "code" ],
+            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/run-generator.mjs",
             "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
             "console": "integratedTerminal",
             "internalConsoleOptions": "neverOpen"

diff --git a/generators/app/dependencyVersions/package.json b/generators/app/dependencyVersions/package.json
@@ -5,33 +5,35 @@
     "private": true,
     "dependencies": {
         "@types/mocha": "^10.0.10",
-        "@types/node": "22.x",
+        "@types/node": "24.x",
         "@types/assert": "^1.5.11",
-        "typescript-eslint": "^8.56.1",
-        "eslint": "^9.39.3",
+        "typescript-eslint": "^8.61.1",
+        "eslint": "^10.5.0",
         "glob": "^13.0.6",
-        "mocha": "^11.7.5",
-        "typescript": "^5.9.3",
-        "@vscode/test-cli": "^0.0.12",
-        "@vscode/test-electron": "^2.5.2",
-        "@vscode/test-web": "^0.0.80",
+        "mocha": "^11.7.6",
+        "typescript": "^6.0.3",
+        "@vscode/test-cli": "^0.0.15",
+        "@vscode/test-electron": "^3.0.0",
+        "@vscode/test-web": "^0.0.81",
         "@types/webpack-env": "^1.18.8",
         "@types/vscode-notebook-renderer": "^1.72.4",
-        "concurrently": "^9.2.1",
+        "concurrently": "^10.0.3",
         "css-loader": "^7.1.4",
         "fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin": "^9.1.0",
         "style-loader": "^4.0.0",
-        "ts-loader": "^9.5.4",
+        "ts-loader": "^9.6.2",
         "vscode-dts": "^0.3.3",
         "vscode-notebook-error-overlay": "^1.1.0",
-        "webpack": "^5.105.3",
+        "webpack": "^5.107.2",
         "util": "^0.12.5",
-        "webpack-cli": "^6.0.1",
-        "webpack-dev-server": "^5.2.3",
+        "webpack-cli": "^7.0.3",
+        "webpack-dev-server": "^5.2.5",
         "assert": "^2.1.0",
         "process": "^0.11.10",
         "npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
-        "esbuild": "^0.27.3",
-        "@esbuild-plugins/node-globals-polyfill": "^0.2.3"
+        "esbuild": "^0.28.1",
+        "@esbuild-plugins/node-globals-polyfill": "^0.2.3",
+        "diff": "^8.0.4",
+        "serialize-javascript": "^7.0.6"
     }
 }
diff --git a/generators/app/generate-command-web.js b/generators/app/generate-command-web.js
@@ -49,17 +49,17 @@ export default {
         generator.fs.copyTpl(generator.templatePath('README.md'), generator.destinationPath('README.md'), extensionConfig);
         generator.fs.copyTpl(generator.templatePath('CHANGELOG.md'), generator.destinationPath('CHANGELOG.md'), extensionConfig);
         generator.fs.copyTpl(generator.templatePath('vsc-extension-quickstart.md'), generator.destinationPath('vsc-extension-quickstart.md'), extensionConfig);
-        generator.fs.copyTpl(generator.templatePath('tsconfig.json'), generator.destinationPath('tsconfig.json'), extensionConfig);
-
         generator.fs.copyTpl(generator.templatePath('src/web/extension.ts'), generator.destinationPath('src/web/extension.ts'), extensionConfig);
 
         generator.fs.copy(generator.templatePath('src/web/test/suite/extension.test.ts'), generator.destinationPath('src/web/test/suite/extension.test.ts'));
 
         if (bundler === 'esbuild') {
+            generator.fs.copyTpl(generator.templatePath('esbuild-tsconfig.json'), generator.destinationPath('tsconfig.json'), extensionConfig);
             generator.fs.copyTpl(generator.templatePath('esbuild.js'), generator.destinationPath('esbuild.js'), extensionConfig);
             generator.fs.copyTpl(generator.templatePath('esbuild-package.json'), generator.destinationPath('package.json'), extensionConfig);
             generator.fs.copy(generator.templatePath('src/web/test/suite/esbuild-mochaTestRunner.ts'), generator.destinationPath('src/web/test/suite/mochaTestRunner.ts'));
         } else {
+            generator.fs.copyTpl(generator.templatePath('webpack-tsconfig.json'), generator.destinationPath('tsconfig.json'), extensionConfig);
             generator.fs.copyTpl(generator.templatePath('webpack.config.js'), generator.destinationPath('webpack.config.js'), extensionConfig);
             generator.fs.copyTpl(generator.templatePath('webpack-package.json'), generator.destinationPath('package.json'), extensionConfig);
             generator.fs.copy(generator.templatePath('src/web/test/suite/webpack-mochaTestRunner.ts'), generator.destinationPath('src/web/test/suite/index.ts'));

diff --git a/generators/app/templates/ext-command-js/jsconfig.json b/generators/app/templates/ext-command-js/jsconfig.json
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 {
-	"compilerOptions": {
-		"module": "Node16",
-		"target": "ES2022",
-		"checkJs": <%- JSON.stringify(checkJavaScript) %>,  /* Typecheck .js files. */
-		"lib": [
-			"ES2022"
-		]
-	},
-	"exclude": [
-		"node_modules"
-	]
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "Node16",
+        "target": "ES2022",
+        "checkJs": <%- JSON.stringify(checkJavaScript) %>, /* Typecheck .js files. */
+        "lib": [
+            "ES2022"
+        ],
+        "types": [
+            "node",
+            "mocha",
+        ],
+    },
+    "exclude": [
+        "node_modules"
+    ]
 }
diff --git a/generators/app/templates/ext-command-js/package.json b/generators/app/templates/ext-command-js/package.json
@@ -29,5 +29,9 @@
     <%- dep("eslint") %>,
     <%- dep("@vscode/test-cli") %>,
     <%- dep("@vscode/test-electron") %>
+  },
+  "overrides": {
+    <%- dep("diff") %>,
+    <%- dep("serialize-javascript") %>
   }
 }
diff --git a/generators/app/templates/ext-command-ts/package.json b/generators/app/templates/ext-command-ts/package.json
@@ -39,5 +39,9 @@
     <%- dep("@vscode/test-cli") %>,
     <%- dep("@vscode/test-electron") %><% if (insiders) { %>,
     <%- dep("vscode-dts") %><% } %>
+  },
+  "overrides": {
+    <%- dep("diff") %>,
+    <%- dep("serialize-javascript") %>
   }
 }
diff --git a/generators/app/templates/ext-command-ts/tsconfig.json b/generators/app/templates/ext-command-ts/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
 {
-	"compilerOptions": {
-		"module": "Node16",
-		"target": "ES2022",
-		"outDir": "out",
-		"lib": [
-			"ES2022"
-		],
-		"sourceMap": true,
-		"rootDir": "src",
-		"strict": true,   /* enable all strict type-checking options */
-		/* Additional Checks */
-		// "noImplicitReturns": true, /* Report error when not all code paths in function return a value. */
-		// "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true, /* Report errors for fallthrough cases in switch statement. */
-		// "noUnusedParameters": true,  /* Report errors on unused parameters. */
-	}
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "Node16",
+        "target": "ES2022",
+        "outDir": "out",
+        "lib": [
+            "ES2022"
+        ],
+        "types": [
+            "node",
+            "mocha",
+        ],
+        "sourceMap": true,
+        "rootDir": "src",
+        "strict": true, /* enable all strict type-checking options */
+        /* Additional Checks */
+        // "noImplicitReturns": true, /* Report error when not all code paths in function return a value. */
+        // "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true, /* Report errors for fallthrough cases in switch statement. */
+        // "noUnusedParameters": true,  /* Report errors on unused parameters. */
+    }
 }
diff --git a/generators/app/templates/ext-command-ts/vscode-esbuild/package.json b/generators/app/templates/ext-command-ts/vscode-esbuild/package.json
@@ -47,5 +47,9 @@
     <%- dep("@vscode/test-cli") %>,
     <%- dep("@vscode/test-electron") %><% if (insiders) { %>,
     <%- dep("vscode-dts") %><% } %>
+  },
+  "overrides": {
+    <%- dep("diff") %>,
+    <%- dep("serialize-javascript") %>
   }
 }
diff --git a/generators/app/templates/ext-command-ts/vscode-esbuild/tsconfig.json b/generators/app/templates/ext-command-ts/vscode-esbuild/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 {
-	"compilerOptions": {
-		"module": "Node16",
-		"target": "ES2022",
-		"lib": [
-			"ES2022"
-		],
-		"sourceMap": true,
-		"rootDir": "src",
-		"strict": true,   /* enable all strict type-checking options */
-		/* Additional Checks */
-		// "noImplicitReturns": true, /* Report error when not all code paths in function return a value. */
-		// "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true, /* Report errors for fallthrough cases in switch statement. */
-		// "noUnusedParameters": true,  /* Report errors on unused parameters. */
-	}
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "Node16",
+        "target": "ES2022",
+        "lib": [
+            "ES2022"
+        ],
+        "types": [
+            "node",
+            "mocha"
+        ],
+        "sourceMap": true,
+        "rootDir": "src",
+        "strict": true, /* enable all strict type-checking options */
+        /* Additional Checks */
+        // "noImplicitReturns": true, /* Report error when not all code paths in function return a value. */
+        // "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true, /* Report errors for fallthrough cases in switch statement. */
+        // "noUnusedParameters": true,  /* Report errors on unused parameters. */
+    }
 }
diff --git a/generators/app/templates/ext-command-ts/vscode-webpack/package.json b/generators/app/templates/ext-command-ts/vscode-webpack/package.json
@@ -45,5 +45,9 @@
     <%- dep("@vscode/test-cli") %>,
     <%- dep("@vscode/test-electron") %><% if (insiders) { %>,
     <%- dep("vscode-dts") %><% } %>
+  },
+  "overrides": {
+    <%- dep("diff") %>,
+    <%- dep("serialize-javascript") %>
   }
 }
diff --git a/generators/app/templates/ext-command-ts/vscode-webpack/tsconfig.json b/generators/app/templates/ext-command-ts/vscode-webpack/tsconfig.json
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 		"lib": [
 			"ES2022"
 		],
+        "types": [
+            "node",
+            "mocha"
+        ],
 		"sourceMap": true,
 		"rootDir": "src",
 		"strict": true,   /* enable all strict type-checking options */

diff --git a/generators/app/templates/ext-command-web/esbuild-package.json b/generators/app/templates/ext-command-web/esbuild-package.json
@@ -46,5 +46,9 @@
     <%- dep("npm-run-all") %>,
     <%- dep("@esbuild-plugins/node-globals-polyfill") %>,
     <%- dep("assert") %>
+  },
+  "overrides": {
+    <%- dep("diff") %>,
+    <%- dep("serialize-javascript") %>
   }
 }
diff --git a/generators/app/templates/ext-command-web/esbuild-tsconfig.json b/generators/app/templates/ext-command-web/esbuild-tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "Node16",
+        "target": "ES2020",
+        "outDir": "dist",
+        "lib": [
+            "ES2020",
+            "WebWorker"
+        ],
+        "types": [
+            "mocha"
+        ],
+        "sourceMap": true,
+        "rootDir": "src",
+        "strict": true, /* enable all strict type-checking options */
+        /* Additional Checks */
+        // "noImplicitReturns": true, /* Report error when not all code paths in function return a value. */
+        // "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true, /* Report errors for fallthrough cases in switch statement. */
+        // "noUnusedParameters": true,  /* Report errors on unused parameters. */
+    }
+}
diff --git a/generators/app/templates/ext-command-web/tsconfig.json b/generators/app/templates/ext-command-web/tsconfig.json
diff --git a/generators/app/templates/ext-command-web/webpack-package.json b/generators/app/templates/ext-command-web/webpack-package.json
@@ -44,5 +44,9 @@
     <%- dep("@types/webpack-env") %>,
     <%- dep("assert") %>,
     <%- dep("process") %>
+  },
+  "overrides": {
+    <%- dep("diff") %>,
+    <%- dep("serialize-javascript") %>
   }
 }
diff --git a/generators/app/templates/ext-command-web/webpack-tsconfig.json b/generators/app/templates/ext-command-web/webpack-tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "Node16",
+        "target": "ES2020",
+        "outDir": "dist",
+        "lib": [
+            "ES2020",
+            "WebWorker"
+        ],
+        "types": [
+            "mocha",
+            "webpack-env"
+        ],
+        "sourceMap": true,
+        "rootDir": "src",
+        "strict": true, /* enable all strict type-checking options */
+        /* Additional Checks */
+        // "noImplicitReturns": true, /* Report error when not all code paths in function return a value. */
+        // "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true, /* Report errors for fallthrough cases in switch statement. */
+        // "noUnusedParameters": true,  /* Report errors on unused parameters. */
+    }
+}