#Cloud Foundry Visual Studio Extension

The Cloud Foundry Visual Studio Extension enables Cloud Foundry users to publish applications from Visual Studio directly to a Cloud Foundry deployment.

##Features

• Supports multiple Cloud Foundry targets
• User interface for pushing applications using the Cloud Foundry MSBuild Tasks
• View organizations, spaces, apps, services
• Manage apps, services and bindings

##Installing

• Download and install CloudFoundry.VisualStudio.vsix from the Visual Studio Gallery
• Restart Visual Studio

##Building

###Prerequisites

• Visual Studio 2013 or Visual Studio 2015
• Visual Studio SDK - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40758
• Git client

###Build:

• Clone this repository
• Open cf-vs-extension.sln in Visual Studio
• Build CloudFoundry.VisualStudio

For information about the Cloud Foundry MSBuild Tasks, visit: https://github.com/hpcloud/cf-msbuild-tasks

###Debugging CloudFoundry.VisualStudio

• Set your debug start action to Start external program and use the following path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe
• Set the Command line arguments to /rootsuffix Exp

###Cloud Foundry Explorer

The Explorer is a TreeView that enables you to browse your organizations, view application states and delete apps and services. You can view the Cloud Foundry Eplorer window by opening it selecting View -> Other Windows -> Cloud Foundry Explorer or using the keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+K, Shift+C

####TreeView Nodes

• CloudFoundryTarget
• actions: refresh, remove
• details: version, url, username, ignore ssl errors
• Organization
• actions: refresh
• details: current roles in org, org name, when it was created
• Space
• actions: refresh
• details: current roles in space, space name, when it was created
• App
• actions: browse, start, restart, stop, delete
• details: when it was created, name, buildpack, max memory, instance count
• Service
• actions: delete
• details: current roles in org, org name, when it was created
• Route
• actions: delete
• details: domain for route, apps bound to route

###Publish app to Cloud Foundry You can push a Web Application to Cloud Foundry using the cf-msbuild-tasks - https://github.com/hpcloud/cf-msbuild-tasks

• Add nuget package cf-msbuild-tasks in your project
• Right click on your web project -> Publish to Cloud Foundry
• Fill out the publish form and click Publish or save your publish profile for later.

##Contributing We are looking forward to contributions from the Cloud Foundry community. Feel free to open a pull request or an issue if you find one.