strizzo / vscode-feather-preview

Feather Preview

Feather Preview is a Visual Studio Code extension that allows you to preview Feather files directly in an editor tab. It provides a convenient way to view the contents of Feather files without leaving your code editor.

Features

• Preview Feather files by right-clicking on a file with the .feather extension and selecting "Preview Feather File" from the context menu.
• The preview is displayed in a new editor tab, showing the contents of the Feather file in a paginated table format.
• Navigate through the pages of the Feather file using the "Previous" and "Next" buttons.
• The preview is updated dynamically as you navigate through the pages.

Requirements

To use the Feather Preview extension, you need to have the following dependencies installed:

• Python: The extension uses a Python script to read and process Feather files. Make sure you have Python installed on your system.
• PyArrow: The Python script relies on the PyArrow library to read Feather files. You can install PyArrow by running pip install pyarrow in your terminal.
• Pandas: The Python script uses the Pandas library to convert the Feather data into an HTML table for preview. You can install Pandas by running pip install pandas in your terminal.

Please ensure that you have both PyArrow and Pandas installed in the Python environment used by the extension.

Extension Settings

This extension does not contribute any additional settings to VS Code.

Known Issues

• The extension assumes that Feather files are not compressed. If you encounter an error related to compression, please ensure that your Feather files are saved without compression.
• The extension uses a fixed number of rows per page (100) for pagination. If you have Feather files with a large number of rows, the preview might take some time to load.

Release Notes

0.0.1

• Initial release of the Feather Preview extension.
• Supports previewing Feather files in an editor tab with pagination.

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Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you encounter any issues or have suggestions for improvements, please open an issue or submit a pull request on the GitHub repository.

License

This extension is licensed under the MIT License.