Visual Studio

Visual Studio — Job Creator Template

The Job Creator Template is a standalone Blazor project that provides a local development environment for building job packages. It offers the same editing and compilation experience as the online editor, but with full Visual Studio IDE support including debugging, IntelliSense, and source control integration.

Development Flow

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    A["📂 Open JobTemplate.slnx"]:::action --> B["🚀 Run Project"]:::action
    B --> C["📝 Write Job Code<br/>(Local Editor)"]:::state
    C --> D["🔨 Compile & Test Locally"]:::action
    D --> E["📦 Generate .nupkg"]:::state
    E --> F["☁️ Upload via Web App<br/>(Code Upload)"]:::action
    F --> G["✅ Job Ready to Execute"]:::state

Getting Started

Editor

IMPORTANT: Open the Job Template solution — Open BlazorDataOrchestrator.slnx in Visual Studio 2022+ and Press F5 to launch the Soution. This project must be running so the Template project has resources to connect to.
Open the Job Template solution — Open JobTemplate.slnx in Visual Studio 2022+.
Run the project — Press F5 to launch the Job Creator Template. It opens a local Blazor app with an embedded Monaco editor.
Write code — Use the editor to write and test your job code.
Compile — Click Save & Compile to validate the code and generate a .nupkg package.

Project Structure

File / Folder	Purpose
`Components/Pages/Home.razor`	Main editor page with Monaco editor
`Code/`	Template code files and compilation support
`Services/`	Compilation and packaging services
`appsettings.json`	Default job configuration
`appsettingsProduction.json`	Production configuration overrides

When to Use Visual Studio vs Online Editor

Scenario	Recommended Approach
Quick edits or simple scripts	Online Editor
Complex multi-file projects	Visual Studio
Debugging with breakpoints	Visual Studio
No local development tools available	Online Editor
Team collaboration via source control	Visual Studio

AI Chat Editor

The Job Creator Template includes a built-in AI Chat Editor powered by GitHub Copilot. The chat panel appears alongside the Monaco code editor and can help you write, debug, and improve your job code.

Configuring the AI Model

Click the ⚙ settings button in the Chat panel header to open the configuration dialog. Here you can select the Copilot model and refresh the list of available models:

Copilot CLI Requirement

The AI Chat feature requires the GitHub Copilot CLI to be installed and authenticated on your machine. If the CLI is not detected, the chat panel displays a warning banner with setup instructions:

Installing the Copilot CLI

Install — Download from docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/copilot-cli/install-copilot-cli or run:
```
winget install GitHub.Copilot
```
Verify — Confirm the install succeeded:
```
copilot --version
```
Authenticate — Sign in using one of these methods: