Developer Tools
Extensions & Editor Plugins
Enhance your Pascal development workflow with extensions for VS Code, Sublime Text, Vim, and other popular editors.
Editor Extensions
Pascal
Alessandro Fragnani
Comprehensive Pascal language support including syntax highlighting, code snippets, and formatting for Free Pascal and Delphi.
Pascal Formatter
Alessandro Fragnani
Automatic code formatting for Pascal files using JEDI Code Format or PTOP formatter.
OmniPascal
Wosi
Professional Pascal IDE features: code completion, navigation, refactoring, and debugging support.
Lazarus Pascal Debug
nickleza
Debug adapter for Lazarus projects using GDB, enabling breakpoints and variable inspection.
Pascal Language Server
genericptr
Language Server Protocol implementation for Pascal providing intelligent code assistance.
Quick Setup for VS Code
Get started with Pascal development in VS Code in minutes. Follow these steps to set up a productive development environment.
- 1
Install Free Pascal Compiler
Download and install FPC from freepascal.org or use your package manager.
- 2
Install Pascal Extension
Search for "Pascal" by Alessandro Fragnani in the VS Code marketplace.
- 3
Configure FPC Path
Set the pascal.compiler.path setting to your FPC installation.
- 4
Start Coding
Create a .pas file and enjoy syntax highlighting, snippets, and formatting.
program HelloWorld;
uses SysUtils;
var
name: string;
begin
Write("Enter your name: ");
ReadLn(name);
WriteLn("Hello, ", name, "!");
end.Command-Line Tools
Essential tools included with Free Pascal and Lazarus for building, formatting, and debugging your projects.
PTOP
Formatter
Pascal source code formatter included with Free Pascal for consistent code style.
FPDoc
Documentation
Documentation generator for Free Pascal projects, creating HTML/PDF docs from source.
GDB
Debugger
GNU Debugger with full Pascal support for debugging Lazarus applications.
lazbuild
Build Tool
Command-line build tool for compiling Lazarus projects without the IDE.
pas2js
Transpiler
Pascal to JavaScript transpiler for building web applications with Pascal.
fpcmake
Build Tool
Makefile generator for Free Pascal projects with dependency management.
Ready to start developing?
Download Lazarus IDE for the complete development experience, or set up your favorite editor with Pascal extensions.