# Welcome to the extension samples ## What's here * These folders contain sample [VS Code extensions](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/extensions/overview) that demonstrate various extension APIs. ## Get up and running straight away * Launch `npm install` in terminal in the root folder to initialize all samples * Open the debug view and select the sample to launch * set breakpoints inside a sample's `extension.ts` to debug an extension * find output from your extension in the debug console ## Make changes * you can relaunch a sample from the debug toolbar after changing code in `extension.ts` * you can also reload (`Ctrl+R` or `Cmd+R` on Mac) the VS Code window with your extension to load your changes ## Explore the API * you can open the full set of our API when you open the file node_modules/vscode/vscode.d.ts in each sample