Defold API Snippets for Visual Studio Code

Full api snippets for Defold Engine is available on marketplace.
All Lua and C++ methods, messages, properties and brief descriptions are included.

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Ordered Tabstops

Message Generation

play_sound -> msg.post(receiver, "play_sound", {[delay], [gain]})

model_animation_done -> msg.post(receiver, "model_animation_done", {animation_id, playback})

Properties with quotation marks

"scale"

Release Notes

1.2.2

• API version 1.2.169
• Python script is updated. It is now download, unpack and parse the docs. Python script requires Python version 2.7. It may fail with Python version 3.x

1.2.1

• API version 1.2.163

1.2.0

LUA and C++ (Defold SDK) APIs are separated. You can use Defold SDK snippets with C++ now.

1.1.7

• API version 1.2.156

1.1.6

• API version 1.2.149

1.1.5

• API version 1.2.147

1.1.4

• API version 1.2.138
• Missing functions, methods and properties are added properly.
• Properties added to the body.

(Sorry for the version numbering, vsce publish minor cause this )

1.0.2

• Missing functions, methods and properties are added.
• Args added to the list.

1.0.0

• Initial release based on API version 1.2.137.

Recommended Settings & Extension

Add .script files to your settings

{
  "files.associations": {
    "*.script": "lua",
    "*.gui_script": "lua",
    "*.render_script": "lua",
    "*.editor_script": "lua"
  }
}

Useful Extensions

• EmmyLua (Suggested)
• Lua language support for Visual Studio Code
• Lint Lua scripts with luac or luajit
• Improved Lua syntax highlighting
• Support go to defintion and List Document Symbols.
• Intellisense and Linting for Lua

Json Parser

I build this snippets by using a simple Python script. It parses all json files from api docs and converts them to single snippet file. It is available in the src folder of Github repo.