VS Code extension for Envision.

Joannes Vermorel

Envision, the domain specific programming language (DSL) dedicated to the predictive optimization of supply chains, just got its first VS Code extension. This extension is released as open source and features code coloring and code validation via compilation.

Figure 1: Color-coded Envision script in VS Code, featuring the first two dozen lines of code for an Envision Workshop on Supplier Analysis.

The goal here is to make it a bit easier for professors who are now engaging in Envision-powered classrooms and workshops with their students, to organize their own notes and educational materials. While Envision code is typically intended to be authored in the web-based IDE (integrated development environment) provided by Lokad, we also have to accommodate supply chain courses where the bulk of the action is not going to happen within Lokad. This extension can be handy for professors who want to keep their Envision scripts somewhere local.

This extension should improve the “quality of life” for those who maintain LaTeX manuscripts, SVG illustrations, HTML pages, and now Envision scripts as part of a supply chain academic curriculum.