Niksphere Guides

Task-oriented how-to guides for building, testing, deploying, and managing Niksphere applications and infrastructure.

Guide Categories

IDE & App Development

• Developing & Publishing Apps in VS Code: Walkthrough of manifest creation, Pascal units, LSP autocompletion, compile (Ctrl+Shift+B), and publish (Ctrl+F5).
• Managing Environments & Apps in VS Code: Manage Niksphere Cloud (Fully Managed) and Self-Hosted environments, live log streaming, app installation, uninstallation, data drops, and package downloads.
• Debugging Apps in VS Code: Set breakpoints and step through Pascal units by attaching to an existing session, the next new session, or a freshly published one, via .vscode/launch.json.

AI-Assisted Development

• Developing with AI Coding Agents: Connect Claude Code, Cursor, Antigravity, or VS Code Copilot to a Niksphere project via nik mcp, from either the CLI or the VS Code Extension.

Administration & Operations

• Engine Service Management: Setup and run the Niksphere Engine as a native Windows Service or Linux systemd service.