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.vscode/launch.json

@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
 			"runtimeExecutable": "${execPath}",
 			"args": [
 				"--extensionDevelopmentPath=${workspaceRoot}"
-			],
+			]
-			"preLaunchTask": "tsc"
 		}
 	]
 }

.vscode/tasks.json

@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
-// Available variables which can be used inside of strings.
-// ${workspaceRoot}: the root folder of the team
-// ${file}: the current opened file
-// ${fileBasename}: the current opened file's basename
-// ${fileDirname}: the current opened file's dirname
-// ${fileExtname}: the current opened file's extension
-// ${cwd}: the current working directory of the spawned process
-
 {
     "version": "0.1.0",
-	"command": "tsc",
+    "command": "gulp",
     "isShellCommand": true,
-	"showOutput": "silent",
+    "args": [
-	"problemMatcher": "$tsc-watch"
+        "--no-color"
+    ],
+    "tasks": [
+        {
+            "taskName": "build",
+            "args": [],
+            "isBuildCommand": true,
+            "isWatching": false,
+            "problemMatcher": [
+                "$lessCompile",
+                "$tsc",
+                "$jshint"
+            ]
+        }
+    ]
 }

gulpfile.js

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+var gulp = require('gulp');
+
+var shell = require('gulp-shell');
+
+gulp.task('compile-typescript', function () {
+    gulp.src('package.json').pipe(shell('tsc'));
+});
+
+gulp.task('build', ['compile-typescript']);

package.json

@@ -113,7 +113,9 @@
 	],
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"vscode": "^0.10.7",
-		"typescript": "^1.6.2"
+		"typescript": "^1.6.2",
+        "gulp": "^3.9.0",
+        "gulp-shell": "^0.5.1"
 	},
 	"dependencies": {
 		"xmldom": "DotJoshJohnson/xmldom#2794915",