VSCode / csproj / tasks.json - Adding custom build step - visual-studio-code

Question

I have a VSCode solution consisting a C# project. Part of the C# project is a static website that I build using webpack and npm run build would build the website.
I would like to include the website build as a custom build step within the CSPROJ file. How do I do it?
I tried this in the vscode tasks.json file:
{
"label": "website-build",
"command": "npm",
"args": ["run", "build"],
"options": {
"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/website"
}
},
But I got the following error:
> Executing task: C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm run build <
The terminal process failed to launch: A native exception occurred during launch (Cannot create process, error code: 193).
Terminal will be reused by tasks, press any key to close it.

Answer 1

I am no expert but I believe this should work (this should be your tasks.json file... It will have also your other configurations):
(consider to have your package.json in your workingFolder/prova)
{
"version": "2.0.0",
"tasks": [
{
"type": "npm",
"script": "run build",
"path": "prova/",
"problemMatcher": [],
"label": "npm: run build",
"detail": "install dependencies from package",
"group": {
"kind": "build",
"isDefault": true
}
}
]
}