xshell

xshell is a shell designed to provide a brand new human-computer interaction experience.

Getting Started

1. Install the latest version of NodeJS https://nodejs.org/en/

2. Enter a project directory that has a package.json file.

cd example/

or create a new project

mkdir example/
cd example/
npm init -y

3. Install the npm package xshell and you will get a xshell command

npm install xshell

4. Run xshell to start the shell at http://127.0.0.1:8421

npx xshell

# or call xshell directly
node ./node_modules/.bin/xshell

# or add `"xshell": "xshell",` in package.json scripts field, and
npm run xshell

5. Install the VSCode extenstion shenhongfei.xshell

code --install-extension shenhongfei.xshell

• or: search xshell in vscode extension sidebar and click install
• or: goto https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ShenHongFei.xshell

6. Open or create a .ts file and import necessary type definations, then enjoy!

import { request } from 'xshell'

// start REPL
await request('https://shenhongfei.com')

// select the above line and press Ctrl + Enter, then you can inspect the result in xshell.

Development

Change "main" field in package.json to extension.js before release extension.