Add tasks for building the project

.vscode/tasks.json

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+{
+    // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558 
+    // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
+    "version": "2.0.0",
+    "tasks": [
+        {
+            "label": "Debug",
+            "type": "npm",
+            "script": "build",
+            "group": "build",
+            "problemMatcher": "$tsc"
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "Release",
+            "type": "npm",
+            "script": "release",
+            "group": "build",
+            "problemMatcher": "$tsc"
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "Watch Debug",
+            "type": "npm",
+            "script": "watch",
+            "group": {
+                "kind": "build",
+                "isDefault": true
+            },
+            "problemMatcher": "$tsc-watch",
+            "isBackground": true,
+            "presentation": {
+                "reveal": "never"
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "Watch Release",
+            "type": "npm",
+            "script": "watch-release",
+            "group": "build",
+            "problemMatcher": "$tsc-watch",
+            "isBackground": true,
+            "presentation": {
+                "reveal": "never"
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "Stop Debug",
+            "type": "npm",
+            "script": "stop",
+            "problemMatcher": [],
+            "presentation": {
+                "reveal": "never"
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "Stop Release",
+            "type": "npm",
+            "script": "stop-release",
+            "problemMatcher": [],
+            "presentation": {
+                "reveal": "never"
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "Rebuild",
+            "type": "npm",
+            "script": "rebuild",
+            "problemMatcher": "$tsc"
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "Rebuild Release",
+            "type": "npm",
+            "script": "rebuild-release",
+            "problemMatcher": "$tsc"
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "Lint",
+            "type": "npm",
+            "script": "lint",
+            "problemMatcher": "$tslint5",
+            "presentation": {
+                "reveal": "never"
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+}

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,20 @@
 {
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
-    "initialize": "gulp Initialize"
+    "build": "gulp Build -t Debug",
+    "release": "gulp Build -t Release",
+    "rebuild": "npm run clean && npm run build",
+    "rebuild-release": "npm run clean && npm run release",
+    "watch": "gulp Watch -t Debug",
+    "watch-release": "gulp Watch -t Release",
+    "stop": "gulp Stop -t Debug",
+    "stop-release": "gulp Stop -t Release",
+    "clean": "gulp Clean",
+    "initialize": "gulp Initialize",
+    "lint": "npm run lint-gulp && npm run lint-project",
+    "lint-gulp": "tslint -p . -t verbose",
+    "lint-project": "tslint -p ./src/App -t verbose",
+    "prepare": "npm run rebuild"
   },
   "dependencies": {},
   "devDependencies": {