This post is published from VSCode

This is the first post published from VSCode, using an in-development VSCode extension. (firstPost.md)

I wanted a simple tool for composing in Markdown and publishing to Hive, and I decided to try my hand at VSCode extension development. VSCode in full-screen mode provides a distraction-free composer.

VSCode is open source and widely used by developers. It has a built-in Markdown preview feature and built-in Git support. VSCode can work also help organize blog content. You can store your blog posts in folders on your computer, or even use Git to version control the content. Offline editing works great!

What the extension can do now:

• Publish a Markdown document from an editor tab as a Hive blog post
• Validate and safely store a hive account's private posting key, so it doesn't have to be entered every time you publish.
• When publishing:
• • Choose hive account name to use
• • Choose post title
• • Choose post tags (comma-seperated)

What the extension can't do yet:

• Keep track of where the document was published (Hive permlink). Try not to publish duplicate content.
• Edit existing posts
• Add images (requires image server)
• Post to a chosen community
• Configure advanced options like PeakD

As development of the extension advances, I'll post more blogs like this for testing and sharing updates.