From 167dc8aeefcc47f143f7945ae0262c4b30cafa19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivan Kravets <me@ikravets.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 00:46:57 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/6] Migrate to "platformio-node-helpers"

---
 .eslintrc.js                                  |  14 +-
 .vscode/launch.json                           |   4 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                                  |   2 +
 package.json                                  |  11 +-
 src/commands/init.js                          |   7 +-
 src/constants.js                              |  26 --
 src/home.js                                   |  51 +--
 src/installer/helpers.js                      | 160 --------
 src/installer/manager.js                      |  17 +-
 src/installer/python-install-confirm.js       |  37 --
 src/installer/python-prompt.js                |  47 +++
 src/installer/stages/base.js                  |  59 ---
 src/installer/stages/platformio-core.js       | 355 ------------------
 ...obal-state-storage.js => state-storage.js} |   2 +-
 src/main.js                                   |  14 +-
 src/maintenance.js                            |  58 ---
 src/project/indexer.js                        |  10 +-
 src/utils.js                                  |  63 ----
 18 files changed, 113 insertions(+), 824 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 src/installer/helpers.js
 delete mode 100644 src/installer/python-install-confirm.js
 create mode 100644 src/installer/python-prompt.js
 delete mode 100644 src/installer/stages/base.js
 delete mode 100644 src/installer/stages/platformio-core.js
 rename src/installer/{vscode-global-state-storage.js => state-storage.js} (94%)
 delete mode 100644 src/maintenance.js

diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index 0d6abaa..3713a16 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -5,12 +5,24 @@ module.exports = {
     'node': true,
     'jasmine': true,
   },
-  'extends': ['eslint:recommended'],
+  'plugins': [
+    'import'
+  ],
+  'extends': [
+    'eslint:recommended',
+    'plugin:import/errors',
+    'plugin:import/warnings'
+  ],
   'parser': 'babel-eslint',
   'parserOptions': {
     'ecmaVersion': 6,
     'sourceType': 'module'
   },
+  'settings': {
+    'import/core-modules': [
+      'vscode'
+    ]
+  },
   'rules': {
     'comma-dangle': [
       'error',
diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index 38a70bc..0b1daee 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       "request": "launch",
       "runtimeExecutable": "${execPath}",
       "args": ["--extensionDevelopmentPath=${workspaceRoot}"],
-      "preLaunchTask": "npm: run build",
+      "preLaunchTask": "npm: build",
       "stopOnEntry": false
     },
     {
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
       "request": "launch",
       "runtimeExecutable": "${execPath}",
       "args": ["--extensionDevelopmentPath=${workspaceRoot}", "--extensionTestsPath=${workspaceRoot}/test"],
-      "preLaunchTask": "npm: run build",
+      "preLaunchTask": "npm: build",
       "stopOnEntry": false
     }
   ]
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 62069e3..f5228c9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Release Notes
 
+## 0.7.0 (2017-??-??)
+
 ## 0.6.0 (2017-08-10)
 
 * Integrate new PIO Home 2.0
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ebcd7d8..4a7f377 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -220,22 +220,17 @@
     "babel-cli": "^6.24.1",
     "babel-eslint": "^7.2.3",
     "babel-plugin-transform-class-properties": "^6.24.1",
-    "babel-preset-env": "^1.5.2",
+    "babel-preset-env": "^1.6.0",
     "esformatter": "^0.10.0",
     "eslint": "^4.1.1",
+    "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.7.0",
     "vsce": "^1.27.0",
     "vscode": "^1.1.1"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "cross-spawn": "^5.1.0",
     "fs-plus": "^3.0.0",
     "ini": "^1.3.4",
-    "open": "^0.0.5",
-    "request": "^2.81.0",
-    "semver": "^5.3.0",
-    "tar": "3.1.8",
-    "tcp-port-used": "^0.1.2",
-    "tmp": "^0.0.31"
+    "platformio-node-helpers": "^0.1.0"
   },
   "extensionDependencies": [
     "ms-vscode.cpptools",
diff --git a/src/commands/init.js b/src/commands/init.js
index 8fcec0c..b476d07 100644
--- a/src/commands/init.js
+++ b/src/commands/init.js
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
  * the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import { runPIOCommand } from '../utils';
+import * as pioNodeHelpers from 'platformio-node-helpers';
+
 import vscode from 'vscode';
 
 
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ export default async function initCommand() {
 
     try {
       const data = JSON.parse(await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-        runPIOCommand(['boards', '--json-output'], (code, stdout, stderr) => {
+        pioNodeHelpers.core.runPIOCommand(['boards', '--json-output'], (code, stdout, stderr) => {
           if (code !== 0) {
             reject(stderr);
           } else {
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ export default async function initCommand() {
         });
 
         await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-          runPIOCommand(['init', '--ide', 'vscode', '--board', selectedBoard.boardId, '--project-dir', vscode.workspace.rootPath], (code, stdout, stderr) => {
+          pioNodeHelpers.core.runPIOCommand(['init', '--ide', 'vscode', '--board', selectedBoard.boardId, '--project-dir', vscode.workspace.rootPath], (code, stdout, stderr) => {
             if (code !== 0) {
               reject(stderr);
             } else {
diff --git a/src/constants.js b/src/constants.js
index 8096e49..3417812 100644
--- a/src/constants.js
+++ b/src/constants.js
@@ -6,32 +6,6 @@
  * the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import fs from 'fs-plus';
-import path from 'path';
-
-export const DEFAULT_PIO_ARGS =  ['-f', '-c', 'vscode'];
 export const AUTO_REBUILD_DELAY = 3000;
 export const IS_WINDOWS = process.platform.startsWith('win');
-export const PIO_HOME_DIR = _getPioHomeDir(process.env.PLATFORMIO_HOME_DIR || path.join(fs.getHomeDirectory() || '~', '.platformio'));
-export const CACHE_DIR = path.join(PIO_HOME_DIR, '.cache-ide');
-export const ENV_DIR = path.join(PIO_HOME_DIR, 'penv');
-export const ENV_BIN_DIR = path.join(ENV_DIR, IS_WINDOWS ? 'Scripts' : 'bin');
 export const PIO_CORE_MIN_VERSION = '3.5.0-a.4';
-
-
-function _getPioHomeDir(pioHomeDir) {
-  if (IS_WINDOWS) {
-    // Make sure that all path characters have valid ASCII codes.
-    for (const char of pioHomeDir) {
-      if (char.charCodeAt(0) > 127) {
-        // If they don't, put the pio home directory into the root of the disk.
-        const homeDirPathFormat = path.parse(pioHomeDir);
-        return path.format({
-          dir: homeDirPathFormat.root,
-          base: '.platformio',
-        });
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  return pioHomeDir;
-}
diff --git a/src/home.js b/src/home.js
index 2da8249..0bab38a 100644
--- a/src/home.js
+++ b/src/home.js
@@ -6,55 +6,32 @@
  * the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import request from 'request';
-import spawn from 'cross-spawn';
-import tcpPortUsed from 'tcp-port-used';
+import * as pioNodeHelpers from 'platformio-node-helpers';
+
+import vscode from 'vscode';
 
 
 export class HomeContentProvider {
 
-  static HTTP_HOST = 'localhost';
-  static HTTP_PORT = 8008;
+  static shutdownServer() {
+    pioNodeHelpers.home.shutdownServer();
+  }
 
   async provideTextDocumentContent(uri) {
-    await HomeContentProvider.ensureServerStarted();
+    const params = await pioNodeHelpers.home.ensureServerStarted({
+      onIDECommand: (command, params) => {
+        if (command === 'open_project') {
+          vscode.commands.executeCommand('vscode.openFolder', vscode.Uri.file(params));
+        }
+      }
+    });
     return `
       <html>
       <body style="margin: 0; padding: 0; height: 100%; overflow: hidden; background-color: #fff">
-        <iframe src="http://${ HomeContentProvider.HTTP_HOST }:${ HomeContentProvider.HTTP_PORT}?start=/${uri.authority}" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" style="position:absolute; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; top: 0px;" />
+        <iframe src="http://${ params.host }:${ params.port}?start=/${ uri.authority }" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" style="border: 0; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; top: 0; position:absolute;" />
       </body>
       </html>
     `;
   }
 
-  static isServerStarted() {
-    return new Promise(resolve => {
-      tcpPortUsed.check(HomeContentProvider.HTTP_PORT, HomeContentProvider.HTTP_HOST)
-        .then(inUse => {
-          resolve(inUse);
-        }, () => {
-          return resolve(false);
-        });
-    });
-  }
-
-  static async ensureServerStarted() {
-    if (await HomeContentProvider.isServerStarted()) {
-      return;
-    }
-    return new Promise(resolve => {
-      spawn('platformio', ['home', '--no-open']);
-      tcpPortUsed.waitUntilUsed(HomeContentProvider.HTTP_PORT)
-        .then(() => {
-          resolve(true);
-        }, () => {
-          return resolve(false);
-        });
-    });
-  }
-
-  static shutdownServer() {
-    request.get(`http://${ HomeContentProvider.HTTP_HOST }:${ HomeContentProvider.HTTP_PORT}?__shutdown__=1`);
-  }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/installer/helpers.js b/src/installer/helpers.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 416ac5e..0000000
--- a/src/installer/helpers.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,160 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2017-present PlatformIO <contact@platformio.org>
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the license found in the LICENSE file in
- * the root directory of this source tree.
- */
-
-import * as constants from '../constants';
-import * as utils from '../utils';
-
-import fs from 'fs-plus';
-import path from 'path';
-import request from 'request';
-import tar from 'tar';
-import vscode from 'vscode';
-import zlib from 'zlib';
-
-
-export function getCacheDir() {
-  if (!fs.isDirectorySync(constants.CACHE_DIR)) {
-    fs.makeTreeSync(constants.CACHE_DIR);
-  }
-  return constants.CACHE_DIR;
-}
-
-export async function download(source, target, retries = 3) {
-  const contentLength = await getContentLength(source);
-
-  if (fileExistsAndSizeMatches(target, contentLength)) {
-    return target;
-  }
-
-  let lastError = '';
-  while (retries >= 0) {
-    try {
-      await _download(source, target);
-      if (fileExistsAndSizeMatches(target, contentLength)) {
-        return target;
-      }
-    } catch (err) {
-      lastError = err;
-      console.error(err);
-    }
-    retries--;
-  }
-
-  throw new Error(`Failed to download file ${source}: ${lastError}`);
-}
-
-function fileExistsAndSizeMatches(target, contentLength) {
-  if (fs.isFileSync(target)) {
-    if (contentLength > 0 && contentLength == fs.getSizeSync(target)) {
-      return true;
-    }
-    try {
-      fs.removeSync(target);
-    } catch (err) {
-      console.error(err);
-    }
-  }
-  return false;
-}
-
-async function _download(source, target) {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    const proxy = (process.env.HTTPS_PROXY && process.env.HTTPS_PROXY.trim()
-      || process.env.HTTP_PROXY && process.env.HTTP_PROXY.trim());
-    const file = fs.createWriteStream(target);
-    const options = {
-      url: source,
-    };
-    if (proxy) {
-      options.proxy = proxy;
-    }
-    request.get(options)
-      .on('error', err => reject(err))
-      .pipe(file);
-    file.on('error', err => reject(err));
-    file.on('finish', () => resolve(target));
-  });
-}
-
-function getContentLength(url) {
-  return new Promise(resolve => {
-    request.head({
-      url
-    }, (err, response) => {
-      if (err || response.statusCode !== 200 || !response.headers.hasOwnProperty('content-length')) {
-        resolve(-1);
-      }
-      resolve(parseInt(response.headers['content-length']));
-    });
-  });
-}
-
-export function extractTarGz(source, destination) {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    fs.createReadStream(source)
-      .pipe(zlib.createGunzip())
-      .on('error', err => reject(err))
-      .pipe(tar.extract({
-        cwd: destination
-      }))
-      .on('error', err => reject(err))
-      .on('end', () => resolve(destination));
-  });
-}
-
-export async function getPythonExecutable(customDirs = null) {
-  const candidates = new Set();
-  const defaultName = constants.IS_WINDOWS ? 'python.exe' : 'python';
-
-  if (customDirs) {
-    customDirs.forEach(dir => candidates.add(path.join(dir, defaultName)));
-  }
-
-  if (vscode.workspace.getConfiguration('platformio-ide').get('useBuiltinPIOCore')) {
-    candidates.add(path.join(constants.ENV_BIN_DIR, defaultName));
-  }
-
-  if (constants.IS_WINDOWS) {
-    candidates.add(defaultName);
-    candidates.add('C:\\Python27\\' + defaultName);
-  } else {
-    candidates.add('python2.7');
-    candidates.add(defaultName);
-  }
-
-  for (const item of process.env.PATH.split(path.delimiter)) {
-    if (fs.isFileSync(path.join(item, defaultName))) {
-      candidates.add(path.join(item, defaultName));
-    }
-  }
-
-  for (const executable of candidates.values()) {
-    if (await isPython2(executable)) {
-      return executable;
-    }
-  }
-
-  return null;
-}
-
-function isPython2(executable) {
-  const args = ['-c', 'import sys; assert "msys" not in sys.executable.lower(); print ".".join(str(v) for v in sys.version_info[:2])'];
-  return new Promise(resolve => {
-    utils.runCommand(
-      executable,
-      args,
-      (code, stdout) => {
-        resolve(code === 0 && stdout.startsWith('2.7'));
-      }
-    );
-  });
-}
-
-export function PEPverToSemver(pepver) {
-  return pepver.replace(/(\.\d+)\.?(dev|a|b|rc|post)/, '$1-$2.');
-}
diff --git a/src/installer/manager.js b/src/installer/manager.js
index bca662f..0580a3b 100644
--- a/src/installer/manager.js
+++ b/src/installer/manager.js
@@ -6,29 +6,32 @@
  * the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import PlatformIOCoreStage from './stages/platformio-core';
-import VscodeGlobalStateStorage from './vscode-global-state-storage';
-import VscodePythonInstallConfirm from './python-install-confirm';
+import * as pioNodeHelpers from 'platformio-node-helpers';
+
+import { PIO_CORE_MIN_VERSION } from '../constants';
+import PythonPrompt from './python-prompt';
+import StateStorage from './state-storage';
 import vscode from 'vscode';
 
 
 export default class InstallationManager {
 
-  LOCK_TIMEOUT =1 * 60 * 1000; // 1 minute
+  LOCK_TIMEOUT = 1 * 60 * 1000; // 1 minute
   LOCK_KEY = 'platformio-ide:installer-lock';
   STORAGE_STATE_KEY = 'platformio-ide:installer-state';
 
   constructor(globalState) {
     this.globalState = globalState;
-    this.stateStorage = new VscodeGlobalStateStorage(globalState, this.STORAGE_STATE_KEY);
+    this.stateStorage = new StateStorage(globalState, this.STORAGE_STATE_KEY);
 
     const config = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration('platformio-ide');
     this.stages = [
-      new PlatformIOCoreStage(this.onDidStatusChange.bind(this), this.stateStorage, {
+      new pioNodeHelpers.installer.PlatformIOCoreStage(this.stateStorage, this.onDidStatusChange.bind(this), {
+        pioCoreMinVersion: PIO_CORE_MIN_VERSION,
         useBuiltinPIOCore: config.get('useBuiltinPIOCore'),
         setUseBuiltinPIOCore: (value) => config.update('platformio-ide.useBuiltinPIOCore', value),
         useDevelopmentPIOCore: config.get('useDevelopmentPIOCore') || true, // @FIXME: remove "|| true" when released
-        installConfirm: new VscodePythonInstallConfirm()
+        pythonPrompt: new PythonPrompt()
       }),
     ];
   }
diff --git a/src/installer/python-install-confirm.js b/src/installer/python-install-confirm.js
deleted file mode 100644
index d2dddeb..0000000
--- a/src/installer/python-install-confirm.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2017-present PlatformIO <contact@platformio.org>
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the license found in the LICENSE file in
- * the root directory of this source tree.
- */
-
-import open from 'open';
-import vscode from 'vscode';
-
-
-export default class VscodePythonInstallConfirm {
-
-  TRY_AGAIN = 0;
-  ABORT = 1;
-
-  async requestPythonInstall() {
-    const selectedItem = await vscode.window.showInformationMessage(
-      'PlatformIO: Can not find Python 2.7 Interpreter',
-      { title: 'Install Python 2.7', isCloseAffordance: true },
-      { title: 'I have Python 2.7', isCloseAffordance: true },
-      { title: 'Try again', isCloseAffordance: true },
-      { title: 'Abort PlatformIO IDE Installation', isCloseAffordance: true }
-    );
-
-    switch (selectedItem.title) {
-      case 'Install Python 2.7':
-        open('http://docs.platformio.org/page/faq.html#install-python-interpreter');
-        return this.TRY_AGAIN;
-      case 'Abort PlatformIO IDE Installation':
-        return this.ABORT;
-      default:
-        return this.TRY_AGAIN;
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/installer/python-prompt.js b/src/installer/python-prompt.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e6070a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/installer/python-prompt.js
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-present PlatformIO <contact@platformio.org>
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the license found in the LICENSE file in
+ * the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+import fs from 'fs-plus';
+import vscode from 'vscode';
+
+
+export default class PythonPrompt {
+
+  STATUS_TRY_AGAIN = 0;
+  STATUS_ABORT = 1;
+  STATUS_CUSTOMEXE = 2;
+
+  async prompt() {
+    const selectedItem = await vscode.window.showInformationMessage(
+      'PlatformIO: Can not find Python 2.7 Interpreter',
+      { title: 'Install Python 2.7', isCloseAffordance: true },
+      { title: 'I have Python 2.7', isCloseAffordance: true },
+      { title: 'Try again', isCloseAffordance: true },
+      { title: 'Abort PlatformIO IDE Installation', isCloseAffordance: true }
+    );
+
+    switch (selectedItem.title) {
+      case 'Install Python 2.7':
+        vscode.commands.executeCommand('vscode.open', vscode.Uri.parse('http://docs.platformio.org/page/faq.html#install-python-interpreter'));
+        return { status: this.STATUS_TRY_AGAIN };
+      case 'I have Python 2.7':
+        return {
+          status: this.STATUS_CUSTOMEXE,
+          pythonExecutable: await vscode.window.showInputBox({
+            prompt: 'Please specify a full path to Python 2.7 executable file',
+            placeHolder: 'Full path to python/python.exe',
+            validateInput: value => !fs.isFileSync(value) ? 'Invalid path to Python Interpreter' : null
+          })
+        };
+      case 'Abort PlatformIO IDE Installation':
+        return { status: this.STATUS_ABORT };
+      default:
+        return { status: this.STATUS_TRY_AGAIN };
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/installer/stages/base.js b/src/installer/stages/base.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 3cafeae..0000000
--- a/src/installer/stages/base.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2017-present PlatformIO <contact@platformio.org>
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the license found in the LICENSE file in
- * the root directory of this source tree.
- */
-
-export default class BaseStage {
-
-  static STATUS_CHECKING = 0;
-  static STATUS_INSTALLING = 1;
-  static STATUS_SUCCESSED = 2;
-  static STATUS_FAILED = 3;
-
-  constructor(onStatusChange, stateStorage, params = {}) {
-    this._onStatusChange = onStatusChange;
-    this._stateStorage = stateStorage;
-    this.params = params;
-
-    this._status = BaseStage.STATUS_CHECKING;
-  }
-
-  get name() {
-    return 'Stage';
-  }
-
-  get status() {
-    return this._status;
-  }
-
-  set status(status) {
-    this._status = status;
-    this._onStatusChange();
-  }
-
-  get stateKey() {
-    return this.constructor.name;
-  }
-
-  get state() {
-    return this._stateStorage.getValue(this.stateKey);
-  }
-
-  set state(value) {
-    this._stateStorage.setValue(this.stateKey, value);
-  }
-
-  check() {
-    throw new Error('Stage must implement a `check` method');
-  }
-
-  install() {
-    throw new Error('Stage must implement an `install` method');
-  }
-
-  destroy() {}
-
-}
diff --git a/src/installer/stages/platformio-core.js b/src/installer/stages/platformio-core.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d2b8a8..0000000
--- a/src/installer/stages/platformio-core.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,355 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2017-present PlatformIO <contact@platformio.org>
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the license found in the LICENSE file in
- * the root directory of this source tree.
- */
-
-import * as constants from '../../constants';
-import * as utils from '../../utils';
-
-import { PEPverToSemver, download, extractTarGz, getCacheDir, getPythonExecutable } from '../helpers';
-
-import BaseStage from './base';
-import fs from 'fs-plus';
-import path from 'path';
-import semver from 'semver';
-import tmp from 'tmp';
-
-
-export default class PlatformIOCoreStage extends BaseStage {
-
-  static UPGRADE_PIOCORE_TIMEOUT = 86400 * 3 * 1000; // 3 days
-
-  static pythonVersion = '2.7.13';
-  static vitrualenvUrl = 'https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/v/virtualenv/virtualenv-14.0.6.tar.gz';
-
-  constructor() {
-    super(...arguments);
-    tmp.setGracefulCleanup();
-  }
-
-  get name() {
-    return 'PlatformIO Core';
-  }
-
-  async whereIsPython() {
-    let status = this.params.installConfirm.TRY_AGAIN;
-    do {
-      const pythonExecutable = await getPythonExecutable();
-      if (pythonExecutable) {
-        return pythonExecutable;
-      }
-
-      if (constants.IS_WINDOWS) {
-        try {
-          return await this.installPythonForWindows();
-        } catch (err) {
-          console.error(err);
-        }
-      }
-
-      status = await this.params.installConfirm.requestPythonInstall();
-
-    } while (status !== this.params.installConfirm.ABORT);
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  async installPythonForWindows() {
-    // https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.13/python-2.7.13.msi
-    // https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.13/python-2.7.13.amd64.msi
-    const pythonArch = process.arch === 'x64' ? '.amd64' : '';
-    const msiUrl = `https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${PlatformIOCoreStage.pythonVersion}/python-${PlatformIOCoreStage.pythonVersion}${pythonArch}.msi`;
-    const msiInstaller = await download(
-      msiUrl,
-      path.join(getCacheDir(), path.basename(msiUrl))
-    );
-    const targetDir = path.join(constants.PIO_HOME_DIR, 'python27');
-    const pythonPath = path.join(targetDir, 'python.exe');
-
-    if (!fs.isFileSync(pythonPath)) {
-      try {
-        await this.installPythonFromWindowsMSI(msiInstaller, targetDir);
-      } catch (err) {
-        console.error(err);
-        await this.installPythonFromWindowsMSI(msiInstaller, targetDir, true);
-      }
-    }
-
-    // append temporary to system environment
-    process.env.PATH = [targetDir, path.join(targetDir, 'Scripts'), process.env.PATH].join(path.delimiter);
-    process.env.Path = process.env.PATH;
-
-    // install virtualenv
-    return new Promise(resolve => {
-      utils.runCommand(
-        'pip',
-        ['install', 'virtualenv'],
-        () => resolve(pythonPath)
-      );
-    });
-  }
-
-  async installPythonFromWindowsMSI(msiInstaller, targetDir, administrative = false) {
-    const logFile = path.join(getCacheDir(), 'python27msi.log');
-    await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      utils.runCommand(
-        'msiexec.exe',
-        [administrative ? '/a' : '/i', msiInstaller, '/qn', '/li', logFile, `TARGETDIR=${targetDir}`],
-        (code, stdout, stderr) => {
-          if (code === 0) {
-            return resolve(stdout);
-          } else {
-            if (fs.isFileSync(logFile)) {
-              stderr = fs.readFileSync(logFile).toString();
-            }
-            return reject(`MSI Python2.7: ${stderr}`);
-          }
-        },
-        {
-          spawnOptions: {
-            shell: true
-          }
-        }
-      );
-    });
-    if (!fs.isFileSync(path.join(targetDir, 'python.exe'))) {
-      throw new Error('Could not install Python 2.7 using MSI');
-    }
-  }
-
-  cleanVirtualEnvDir() {
-    if (fs.isDirectorySync(constants.ENV_DIR)) {
-      try {
-        fs.removeSync(constants.ENV_DIR);
-      } catch (err) {
-        console.error(err);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  isCondaInstalled() {
-    return new Promise(resolve => {
-      utils.runCommand('conda', ['--version'], code => resolve(code === 0));
-    });
-  }
-
-  createVirtualenvWithConda() {
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      utils.runCommand(
-        'conda',
-        ['create', '--yes', '--quiet', 'python=2', '--prefix', constants.ENV_DIR],
-        (code, stdout, stderr) => {
-          if (code === 0) {
-            return resolve(stdout);
-          } else {
-            return reject(`Conda Virtualenv: ${stderr}`);
-          }
-        }
-      );
-    });
-  }
-
-  createVirtualenvWithUser(pythonExecutable) {
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      utils.runCommand(
-        'virtualenv',
-        ['-p', pythonExecutable, constants.ENV_DIR],
-        (code, stdout, stderr) => {
-          if (code === 0) {
-            return resolve(stdout);
-          } else {
-            return reject(`User's Virtualenv: ${stderr}`);
-          }
-        }
-      );
-    });
-  }
-
-  async createVirtualenvWithDownload(pythonExecutable) {
-    const archivePath = await download(
-      PlatformIOCoreStage.vitrualenvUrl,
-      path.join(getCacheDir(), 'virtualenv.tar.gz')
-    );
-    const tmpItem = tmp.dirSync({
-      dir: getCacheDir(),
-      unsafeCleanup: true
-    });
-    const dstDir = await extractTarGz(archivePath, tmpItem.name);
-    const virtualenvScript = fs.listTreeSync(dstDir).find(
-      item => path.basename(item) === 'virtualenv.py');
-    if (!virtualenvScript) {
-      throw new Error('Can not find virtualenv.py script');
-    }
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      utils.runCommand(
-        pythonExecutable,
-        [virtualenvScript, constants.ENV_DIR],
-        (code, stdout, stderr) => {
-          try {
-            fs.removeSync(dstDir);
-          } catch (err) {
-            console.error(err);
-          }
-          if (code === 0) {
-            return resolve(stdout);
-          } else {
-            return reject(`Virtualenv Create: ${stderr}`);
-          }
-        }
-      );
-    });
-  }
-
-  async installPIOCore() {
-    let cmd = 'pip';
-    const args = ['install', '--no-cache-dir', '-U'];
-    if (this.params.useDevelopmentPIOCore) {
-      cmd = path.join(constants.ENV_BIN_DIR, 'pip');
-      args.push('https://github.com/platformio/platformio/archive/develop.zip');
-    } else {
-      args.push('platformio');
-    }
-    try {
-      await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-        utils.runCommand(cmd, args, (code, stdout, stderr) => {
-          if (code === 0) {
-            resolve(stdout);
-          } else {
-            reject(`PIP: ${stderr}`);
-          }
-        });
-      });
-    } catch (err) {
-      console.error(err);
-      // Old versions of PIP don't support `--no-cache-dir` option
-      return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-        utils.runCommand(
-          cmd,
-          args.filter(arg => arg !== '--no-cache-dir'),
-          (code, stdout, stderr) => {
-            if (code === 0) {
-              resolve(stdout);
-            } else {
-              reject(`PIP: ${stderr}`);
-            }
-          }
-        );
-      });
-    }
-  }
-
-  initState() {
-    let state = this.state;
-    if (!state || !state.hasOwnProperty('pioCoreChecked') || !state.hasOwnProperty('lastIDEVersion')) {
-      state = {
-        pioCoreChecked: 0,
-        lastIDEVersion: null
-      };
-    }
-    return state;
-  }
-
-  async autoUpgradePIOCore() {
-    const newState = this.initState();
-    const now = new Date().getTime();
-    if (
-      newState.lastIDEVersion !== utils.getIDEVersion()
-      || ((now - PlatformIOCoreStage.UPGRADE_PIOCORE_TIMEOUT) > parseInt(newState.pioCoreChecked))
-    ) {
-      newState.pioCoreChecked = now;
-      // PIO Core
-      await new Promise(resolve => {
-        utils.runPIOCommand(
-          ['upgrade'],
-          (code, stdout, stderr) => {
-            if (code !== 0) {
-              console.error(stdout, stderr);
-            }
-            resolve(true);
-          },
-          {
-            busyTitle: 'Upgrading PIO Core'
-          }
-        );
-      });
-      // PIO Core Packages
-      await new Promise(resolve => {
-        utils.runPIOCommand(
-          ['update', '--core-packages'],
-          (code, stdout, stderr) => {
-            if (code !== 0) {
-              console.error(stdout, stderr);
-            }
-            resolve(true);
-          },
-          {
-            busyTitle: 'Updating PIO Core packages'
-          }
-        );
-      });
-    }
-    newState.lastIDEVersion = utils.getIDEVersion();
-    this.state = newState;
-  }
-
-
-  async check() {
-    if (this.params.useBuiltinPIOCore) {
-      if (!fs.isDirectorySync(constants.ENV_BIN_DIR)) {
-        throw new Error('Virtual environment is not created');
-      }
-      try {
-        await this.autoUpgradePIOCore();
-      } catch (err) {
-        console.error(err);
-      }
-    }
-
-    const coreVersion = await utils.getCoreVersion();
-    if (semver.lt(PEPverToSemver(coreVersion), constants.PIO_CORE_MIN_VERSION)) {
-      this.params.setUseBuiltinPIOCore(true);
-      throw new Error(`Incompatible PIO Core ${coreVersion}`);
-    }
-
-    this.status = BaseStage.STATUS_SUCCESSED;
-    console.error(`Found PIO Core ${coreVersion}`);
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  async install() {
-    if (this.status === BaseStage.STATUS_SUCCESSED) {
-      return true;
-    }
-    if (!this.params.useBuiltinPIOCore) {
-      this.status = BaseStage.STATUS_SUCCESSED;
-      return true;
-    }
-    this.status = BaseStage.STATUS_INSTALLING;
-
-    this.cleanVirtualEnvDir();
-
-    if (await this.isCondaInstalled()) {
-      await this.createVirtualenvWithConda();
-    } else {
-      const pythonExecutable = await this.whereIsPython();
-      if (!pythonExecutable) {
-        this.status = BaseStage.STATUS_FAILED;
-        throw new Error('Can not find Python Interpreter');
-      }
-      try {
-        await this.createVirtualenvWithUser(pythonExecutable);
-      } catch (err) {
-        console.error(err);
-        await this.createVirtualenvWithDownload(pythonExecutable);
-      }
-    }
-
-    await this.installPIOCore();
-
-    this.status = BaseStage.STATUS_SUCCESSED;
-    return true;
-  }
-
-}
diff --git a/src/installer/vscode-global-state-storage.js b/src/installer/state-storage.js
similarity index 94%
rename from src/installer/vscode-global-state-storage.js
rename to src/installer/state-storage.js
index fc81f43..75269c7 100644
--- a/src/installer/vscode-global-state-storage.js
+++ b/src/installer/state-storage.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-export default class VscodeGlobalStateStorage {
+export default class StateStorage {
 
   constructor(globalState, stateKey) {
     this._globalState = globalState;
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index 5f504b4..d4cc13d 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -6,13 +6,15 @@
  * the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
+import * as pioNodeHelpers from 'platformio-node-helpers';
+
 import { HomeContentProvider } from './home';
 import InstallationManager from './installer/manager';
 import PIOTasksProvider from './tasks';
 import PIOTerminal from './terminal';
 import ProjectIndexer from './project/indexer';
+import { getIDEVersion } from './utils';
 import initCommand from './commands/init';
-import { updateOSEnviron } from './maintenance';
 import vscode from 'vscode';
 
 
@@ -29,7 +31,15 @@ class PlatformIOVSCodeExtension {
   async activate(context) {
     this._context = context;
 
-    updateOSEnviron();
+    pioNodeHelpers.misc.patchOSEnviron({
+      caller: 'vscode',
+      useBuiltinPIOCore: this.config.get('useBuiltinPIOCore'),
+      extraPath: this.config.get('customPATH'),
+      extraVars: {
+        PLATFORMIO_IDE: getIDEVersion()
+      }
+    });
+
     this.registerCommands();
 
     await this.startInstaller();
diff --git a/src/maintenance.js b/src/maintenance.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e40a773..0000000
--- a/src/maintenance.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2017-present PlatformIO <contact@platformio.org>
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the license found in the LICENSE file in
- * the root directory of this source tree.
- */
-
-import * as constants from './constants';
-import * as utils from './utils';
-
-import path from 'path';
-import vscode from 'vscode';
-
-
-export function updateOSEnviron() {
-  // Fix for platformio-atom-ide/issues/112
-  process.env.LC_ALL = 'en_US.UTF-8';
-  process.env.PLATFORMIO_CALLER = 'vscode';
-  // process.env.PLATFORMIO_DISABLE_PROGRESSBAR = 'true';
-  process.env.PLATFORMIO_IDE = utils.getIDEVersion();
-
-  // Fix for https://github.com/atom/atom/issues/11302
-  if (process.env.Path) {
-    if (process.env.PATH) {
-      process.env.PATH += path.delimiter + process.env.Path;
-    } else {
-      process.env.PATH = process.env.Path;
-    }
-  }
-
-  const config = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration('platformio-ide');
-  if (config.get('useBuiltinPIOCore')) { // Insert bin directory into PATH
-    process.env.PATH = constants.ENV_BIN_DIR + path.delimiter + process.env.PATH;
-  } else { // Remove bin directory from PATH
-    process.env.PATH = process.env.PATH.replace(constants.ENV_BIN_DIR + path.delimiter, '');
-    process.env.PATH = process.env.PATH.replace(path.delimiter + constants.ENV_BIN_DIR, '');
-  }
-
-  if (config.get('customPATH')) {
-    handleCustomPATH(config.get('customPATH'));
-  }
-
-  // copy PATH to Path (Windows issue)
-  if (process.env.Path) {
-    process.env.Path = process.env.PATH;
-  }
-}
-
-export function handleCustomPATH(newValue, oldValue) {
-  if (oldValue) {
-    process.env.PATH = process.env.PATH.replace(oldValue + path.delimiter, '');
-    process.env.PATH = process.env.PATH.replace(path.delimiter + oldValue, '');
-  }
-  if (newValue && !process.env.PATH.includes(newValue)) {
-    process.env.PATH = newValue + path.delimiter + process.env.PATH;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/project/indexer.js b/src/project/indexer.js
index 7b9a1ae..2da5e2e 100644
--- a/src/project/indexer.js
+++ b/src/project/indexer.js
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
  * the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import { isPIOProject, runCommand, runPIOCommand } from '../utils';
+import * as pioNodeHelpers from 'platformio-node-helpers';
 
 import { AUTO_REBUILD_DELAY } from '../constants';
-import { getPythonExecutable } from '../installer/helpers';
+import { isPIOProject } from '../utils';
 import path from 'path';
 import vscode from 'vscode';
 
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ export default class ProjectIndexer {
         });
         this._inProgress = true;
         await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-          runPIOCommand(['init', '--ide', 'vscode', '--project-dir', this.projectDir], (code, stdout, stderr) => {
+          pioNodeHelpers.core.runPIOCommand(['init', '--ide', 'vscode', '--project-dir', this.projectDir], (code, stdout, stderr) => {
             if (code === 0) {
               resolve();
             } else {
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ export default class ProjectIndexer {
     if (!await isPIOProject(this.projectDir)) {
       return [];
     }
-    const pythonExecutable = await getPythonExecutable();
+    const pythonExecutable = await pioNodeHelpers.misc.getPythonExecutable(vscode.workspace.getConfiguration('platformio-ide').get('useBuiltinPIOCore'));
     const script = [
       'from os.path import join; from platformio import VERSION,util;',
       'print ":".join([',
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ export default class ProjectIndexer {
       ']) if VERSION[0] == 3 else util.get_lib_dir()',
     ].map(s => s.trim()).join(' ');
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      runCommand(
+      pioNodeHelpers.misc.runCommand(
         pythonExecutable,
         ['-c', script],
         (code, stdout, stderr) => {
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index 83503bd..640c0d9 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -6,56 +6,11 @@
  * the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import * as constants from './constants';
-
 import fs from 'fs-plus';
 import path from 'path';
-import spawn from 'cross-spawn';
 import vscode from 'vscode';
 
 
-export function runCommand(cmd, args, callback, options = {}) {
-  console.info('runCommand', cmd, args, options);
-  let completed = false;
-  const outputLines = [];
-  const errorLines = [];
-
-  try {
-    const child = spawn(cmd, args, options.spawnOptions);
-
-    child.stdout.on('data', (line) => outputLines.push(line));
-    child.stderr.on('data', (line) => errorLines.push(line));
-    child.on('close', onExit);
-    child.on('error', (err) => {
-      errorLines.push(err.toString());
-      onExit(-1);
-    }
-    );
-  } catch (err) {
-    errorLines.push(err.toString());
-    onExit(-1);
-  }
-
-  function onExit(code) {
-    if (completed) {
-      return;
-    }
-    completed = true;
-    const stdout = outputLines.map(x => x.toString()).join('');
-    const stderr = errorLines.map(x => x.toString()).join('');
-    callback(code, stdout, stderr);
-  }
-}
-
-export function runPIOCommand(args, callback, options = {}) {
-  runCommand(
-    'platformio',
-    [...constants.DEFAULT_PIO_ARGS, ...args],
-    callback,
-    options
-  );
-}
-
 export function getIDEManifest() {
   return vscode.extensions.getExtension('platformio.platformio-ide').packageJSON;
 }
@@ -64,24 +19,6 @@ export function getIDEVersion() {
   return getIDEManifest().version;
 }
 
-export function getCoreVersion() {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    runCommand(
-      'platformio',
-      ['--version'],
-      (code, stdout, stderr) => {
-        if (code === 0) {
-          return resolve(stdout.trim().match(/[\d+\.]+.*$/)[0]);
-        }
-        return reject(stderr);
-      },
-      {
-        cacheValid: '10s'
-      }
-    );
-  });
-}
-
 /* Custom */
 
 export function isPIOProject(dir) {

From a39d2b68f4c6fbb2ce9d73a6befa64b33752246b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivan Kravets <me@ikravets.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 00:49:32 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/6] Update changelog

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f5228c9..0864a52 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## 0.7.0 (2017-??-??)
 
+* Migrate to "platformio-node-helpers", a common interface for Node.JS based PlatformIO IDE extensions
+
 ## 0.6.0 (2017-08-10)
 
 * Integrate new PIO Home 2.0

From 151b78011ebe3d7149e8142a9d226ecfbd09a274 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivan Kravets <me@ikravets.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 18:40:12 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] Depend on new PIO Core & PIO Home 0.2.0

---
 CHANGELOG.md     | 5 +++++
 package.json     | 2 +-
 src/constants.js | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0864a52..7690a83 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 ## 0.7.0 (2017-??-??)
 
+* New in PIO Home:
+  - New Project
+  - Import Arduino IDE Project
+  - Project Examples
+  - Open Project
 * Migrate to "platformio-node-helpers", a common interface for Node.JS based PlatformIO IDE extensions
 
 ## 0.6.0 (2017-08-10)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4a7f377..af4b465 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "platformio-ide",
-  "version": "0.6.0",
+  "version": "0.7.0-alpha.1",
   "preview": true,
   "displayName": "PlatformIO IDE",
   "description": "Official PlatformIO IDE for VSCode: The next generation integrated development environment for IoT. Cross-platform build system and unified debugger. Remote unit testing and firmware updates.",
diff --git a/src/constants.js b/src/constants.js
index 3417812..8f30360 100644
--- a/src/constants.js
+++ b/src/constants.js
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
 
 export const AUTO_REBUILD_DELAY = 3000;
 export const IS_WINDOWS = process.platform.startsWith('win');
-export const PIO_CORE_MIN_VERSION = '3.5.0-a.4';
+export const PIO_CORE_MIN_VERSION = '3.5.0-a.5';

From 8fc64e380343809b217d4d9c03c595e6688da6c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivan Kravets <me@ikravets.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 18:45:26 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 4/6] Revert back "Run a task" button on the PIO Toolbar //
 Resolve #33

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 1 +
 src/main.js  | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7690a83..2f04299 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   - Project Examples
   - Open Project
 * Migrate to "platformio-node-helpers", a common interface for Node.JS based PlatformIO IDE extensions
+* Revert back "Run a task" button on the PIO Toolbar
 
 ## 0.6.0 (2017-08-10)
 
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index d4cc13d..b6954dd 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class PlatformIOVSCodeExtension {
       ['$(check)', 'PlatformIO: Build', 'platformio-ide.build'],
       ['$(arrow-right)', 'PlatformIO: Upload', 'platformio-ide.upload'],
       ['$(trashcan)', 'PlatformIO: Clean', 'platformio-ide.clean'],
-      ['$(file-code)', 'PlatformIO: Initialize or update project', 'platformio-ide.initProject'],
+      ['$(checklist)', 'PlatformIO: Run a Task', 'workbench.action.tasks.runTask'],
       ['$(plug)', 'PlatformIO: Serial Monitor', 'platformio-ide.serialMonitor'],
       ['$(terminal)', 'PlatformIO: New Terminal', 'platformio-ide.newTerminal']
     ];

From 42a6fe67c11b531fe755a1eb0866a77b2bc0bf1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivan Kravets <me@ikravets.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 23:55:02 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 5/6] Use "home.showAtStartup" API when check PIO Home at
 startup

---
 package.json | 7 +------
 src/main.js  | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index af4b465..454a459 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -171,11 +171,6 @@
       "type": "object",
       "title": "PlatformIO IDE configuration",
       "properties": {
-        "platformio-ide.showHomeOnStartup": {
-          "type": "boolean",
-          "default": true,
-          "description": "Show PIO Home on startup"
-        },
         "platformio-ide.useBuiltinPIOCore": {
           "type": "boolean",
           "default": true,
@@ -230,7 +225,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "fs-plus": "^3.0.0",
     "ini": "^1.3.4",
-    "platformio-node-helpers": "^0.1.0"
+    "platformio-node-helpers": "^0.2.0"
   },
   "extensionDependencies": [
     "ms-vscode.cpptools",
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index b6954dd..93ef50a 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class PlatformIOVSCodeExtension {
 
     await this.startInstaller();
 
-    if (this.config.get('showHomeOnStartup')) {
+    if (pioNodeHelpers.home.showAtStartup('vscode')) {
       vscode.commands.executeCommand('platformio-ide.showHome');
     }
 

From cb60bf1a7aec5fa32cd7d9ca3bd8f28a9e926790 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivan Kravets <me@ikravets.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 00:44:01 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 6/6] Bump version to 0.7.0

---
 CHANGELOG.md     | 4 ++--
 package.json     | 2 +-
 src/constants.js | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2f04299..168ad7a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Release Notes
 
-## 0.7.0 (2017-??-??)
+## 0.7.0 (2017-09-01)
 
 * New in PIO Home:
   - New Project
   - Import Arduino IDE Project
-  - Project Examples
   - Open Project
+  - Project Examples
 * Migrate to "platformio-node-helpers", a common interface for Node.JS based PlatformIO IDE extensions
 * Revert back "Run a task" button on the PIO Toolbar
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 454a459..7b75bf8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "platformio-ide",
-  "version": "0.7.0-alpha.1",
+  "version": "0.7.0",
   "preview": true,
   "displayName": "PlatformIO IDE",
   "description": "Official PlatformIO IDE for VSCode: The next generation integrated development environment for IoT. Cross-platform build system and unified debugger. Remote unit testing and firmware updates.",
diff --git a/src/constants.js b/src/constants.js
index 8f30360..79ee625 100644
--- a/src/constants.js
+++ b/src/constants.js
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
 
 export const AUTO_REBUILD_DELAY = 3000;
 export const IS_WINDOWS = process.platform.startsWith('win');
-export const PIO_CORE_MIN_VERSION = '3.5.0-a.5';
+export const PIO_CORE_MIN_VERSION = '3.5.0-a.6';