XC_VM/docs/en/development/dev-workflow.md

Development Workflow

Deploying Code to VDS via SFTP

For daily development, we recommend the SFTP extension for VS Code — edit locally, auto-upload on save.

Setup

Create .vscode/sftp.json:

[
    {
        "name": "My Dev VDS",
        "host": "YOUR_VDS_IP",
        "protocol": "sftp",
        "port": 22,
        "username": "root",
        "remotePath": "/home/xc_vm",
        "useTempFile": false,
        "uploadOnSave": true,
        "openSsh": false,
        "watcher": {
            "files": "**/*",
            "autoUpload": false,
            "autoDelete": true
        },
        "ignore": [
            ".vscode",
            ".git",
            ".gitattributes",
            ".gitignore",
            "update",
            "*pycache/",
            "*.gitkeep",
            "bin/",
            "config/",
            "tmp/"
        ],
        "context": "./src/",
        "profiles": {}
    }
]

Key Settings

• context: "./src/" — maps local src/ to remote /home/xc_vm/
• uploadOnSave: true — every Ctrl+S pushes the file to VDS instantly
• ignore — protects server-specific files (bin/, config/, tmp/)

Security: Use SSH keys instead of password. The .vscode/ directory is in .gitignore, so credentials won't leak to git.

Workflow

1. Open project in VS Code
2. Edit any file under src/
3. Save — file is automatically uploaded to VDS
4. Test on VDS
5. Commit to git as usual