This is an experiment for building a Language Server for Scala, in Scala.

• language server: A Scala-based implementation of the language server protocol
• scala: A Typescript-based Scala extension (language client). Ideally it will be ported to Scala.js
• ensime-server: An implementation of the Language Server based on Ensime

The language server may be backed up by ensime or directly by the presentation compiler. Ideally, the language server ca be used as a basis for implementing support for any language, not just Scala.

tl;dr

$ sbt publishExtension
$ cd scala
$ vsce package

You shuld see a file ensime-scala-0.0.3.vsix (or whatever version you are building). Now install it in Code by choosing Install from VSIX in the Extensions view.

The root Sbt project controls all the Scala parts of the build. The client is written in Typescript (it's really minimal) and lives under scala/. This one is built using Code's tools.

• languageserver/ contains the language-independent server implementation. It does not implement the full protocol yet. Features are added by-need, when the reference implementation in ensime-server/ needs it
• ensime-server/ implements an Ensime based Scala language server
• scala/ The typescript extension (eventually should migrate to Scala.js)

The ensime-server is what you will want to build most of the times. It's using assembly to build a fat jar, so the client can launch it as simply as possible.

You should use sbt publishExtension which copies the fat jar into a directory under scala/server, so the client finds it easily.

You can open code inside the scala/ directory and use F5 to debug the extension. This picks up the changes in the server (make sure you copied the fat jar using sbt publishExtension!) and allows quick iteration.