Demo Time empowers you to script flawless coding demonstrations and present slides seamlessly within Visual Studio Code. Eliminate typos and missteps, ensuring engaging and stress-free presentations.

Documentation 👉 demotime.show

Features

• Scripted Demos: Automate your coding demonstrations to maintain a perfect flow.​
• Code Highlighting: Emphasize specific code segments to draw audience attention.​
• Integrated Slides: Present slides directly within VS Code for a cohesive experience.​
• Customizable Actions: Execute various VS Code commands and tasks as part of your demo.
• PowerPoint Integration: Seamlessly move from slides to code using the PowerPoint integration.

Getting Started

1. Installation: Install the extension.​
2. Initialization: After installation, initialize the extension in your project by opening the Explorer panel in VS Code. Locate the Demo Time view and click on the "Initialize" button. This action creates a .demo folder in your workspace containing either a demo.json or demo.yaml file, depending on your chosen format.​
3. Creating Demos: Populate the act file with your actions, defining each step and action as required.​ More information about the available actions can be found in the supported actions documentation section.

Documentation

For detailed instructions, advanced configurations, and best practices, please refer to the comprehensive documentation available at https://demotime.show. This resource offers in-depth guides and examples to help you maximize the extension's capabilities.

Example act file

Here is an example demo:

{
  "$schema": "https://demotime.show/demo-time.schema.json",
  "title": "Sample demo",
  "description": "This is a sample demo configuration to show the capabilities of the extension.",
  "demos": [
    {
      "title": "Step 1",
      "description": "This is step 1",
      "steps": [
        {
          "action": "create",
          "path": "sample.json",
          "content": "{\n  \"firstName\": \"Elio\",\n  \"lastName\": \"Struyf\"\n}"
        },
        {
          "action": "open",
          "path": "sample.json"
        },
        {
          "action": "highlight",
          "path": "sample.json",
          "position": "2:3"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Step 2",
      "description": "This is step 2",
      "steps": [
        {
          "action": "snippet",
          "contentPath": "./snippets/insert_and_highlight.json",
          "args": {
            "MAIN_FILE": "sample.json",
            "CONTENT_PATH": "content.txt",
            "CONTENT_POSITION": "3",
            "HIGHLIGHT_POSITION": "4"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
 

... [View full README on GitHub](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-demo-time#readme)