Today, we're launching the Stripe extension for Visual Studio Code, one of the most popular integrated developer environments. With the VS Code extens

Introducing the Stripe Extension for VS Code

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2021-06-23 10:30:11

Today, we're launching the Stripe extension for Visual Studio Code, one of the most popular integrated developer environments.

With the VS Code extension, you can stream logs and webhook events from the Stripe API to your local development machine, quickly access the API reference by hovering over resource methods, easily get started with one of Stripe’s sample apps, and much more.

When developing a Stripe integration, it’s common to create a server backend that can respond to asynchronous webhook events. With the VS Code extension, you can now trigger events and forward them to your local development server to simplify testing and debugging webhook endpoints.

To help minimize context switching, you can now hover over a Stripe resource method or parameter in your code and the extension will link it directly to the corresponding entry in the Stripe API reference.

The extension can generate code snippets of basic requests for API resources to speed up your integration process. Once expanded, you can tab through sections of code that need to be filled in with values.