• Brett (24/24) Sep 22 2019 While we can make a visual project with dub(doesn't seem to work
• rikki cattermole (3/3) Sep 22 2019 Alternatively VisualD could do what every other IDE does and supports
• Brett (10/13) Sep 24 2019 One can generate a VS/VD file in dub(or could) that somewhat
• Shadowblitz16 (6/20) Oct 20 2019 I would like this.

Brett <Brett gmail.com> writes:

While we can make a visual project with dub(doesn't seem to work 
well) maybe Visual D could use dub?

The idea is that it would use dub to download packages but fix 
them up in to the project by simply copying them over(use dub to 
download them to a temp location then copy them or some other 
method(preferably one that can work with updating packages)). It 
would then create a file that imports the packages and such that 
can then be imported in to the project.

One of the main issues with Visual D now is that it doesn't have 
the ease of getting packages that dub has.  It's all manual.

If it just hijacks dub then it could have all the features... 
maybe extend dub to work with visual studio by getting the paths 
right.(the main feature is simply downloading packages and being 
able to update them and all the other features are not really 
relevant)


What I'm thinking is an "add package" that pops up a dialog, 
lists the already included packages, a text box for adding 
another by name(or ideally a list box that lets one search online 
like https://code.dlang.org/), and visual d does all the 
plumbing... which should be very little if it can be done 
correctly.

I can sort of achieve this by using dub to create a project and 
then copying over the files manually but it is a pain to manage 
it all. Ideally we could add and remove packages pretty easily.

rikki cattermole <rikki cattermole.co.nz> writes:

Alternatively VisualD could do what every other IDE does and supports 
dub as a project file (solution in VS speak).

Simple in theory.

Brett <Brett gmail.com> writes:

On Sunday, 22 September 2019 at 15:33:14 UTC, rikki cattermole 
wrote:
 Alternatively VisualD could do what every other IDE does and 
 supports dub as a project file (solution in VS speak).

 Simple in theory.

One can generate a VS/VD file in dub(or could) that somewhat 
works... but it requires one to still deal with dub. I do not 
like dub I'd rather not deal with it.

Alternatively VD could just be a simple packet manager. All it 
has to do is download them and unzip and add to the project dir 
but also have the ability to remove(probably dealing from project 
dir would work fine)... ideally have an interface to list, 
search, the repository, etc... but not necessary.

Shadowblitz16 <DomainName Email.com> writes:

On Tuesday, 24 September 2019 at 08:03:21 UTC, Brett wrote:
 On Sunday, 22 September 2019 at 15:33:14 UTC, rikki cattermole 
 wrote:
 Alternatively VisualD could do what every other IDE does and 
 supports dub as a project file (solution in VS speak).

 Simple in theory.

 One can generate a VS/VD file in dub(or could) that somewhat 
 works... but it requires one to still deal with dub. I do not 
 like dub I'd rather not deal with it.

 Alternatively VD could just be a simple packet manager. All it 
 has to do is download them and unzip and add to the project dir 
 but also have the ability to remove(probably dealing from 
 project dir would work fine)... ideally have an interface to 
 list, search, the repository, etc... but not necessary.


I would like this.
something simple like nuget which downloads your libaries and 


the ability to install and uninstall packages through a gui 
sounds so nice.