Update plugin description

PluginsAndFeatures/azure-toolkit-for-rider/build.gradle.kts

@@ -101,19 +101,6 @@ intellijPlatform {
     pluginConfiguration {
         version = providers.gradleProperty("pluginVersion")
 
-        // Extract the <!-- Plugin description --> section from README.md and provide for the plugin's manifest
-        description = providers.fileContents(layout.projectDirectory.file("README.md")).asText.map {
-            val start = "<!-- Plugin description -->"
-            val end = "<!-- Plugin description end -->"
-
-            with(it.lines()) {
-                if (!containsAll(listOf(start, end))) {
-                    throw GradleException("Plugin description section not found in README.md:\n$start ... $end")
-                }
-                subList(indexOf(start) + 1, indexOf(end)).joinToString("\n").let(::markdownToHTML)
-            }
-        }
-
         val changelog = project.changelog // local variable for configuration cache compatibility
         // Get the latest available change notes from the changelog file
         changeNotes = providers.gradleProperty("pluginVersion").map { pluginVersion ->

PluginsAndFeatures/azure-toolkit-for-rider/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml

@@ -6,6 +6,20 @@
     <id>com.intellij.resharper.azure</id>
     <name>Azure Toolkit for Rider</name>
     <vendor url="https://www.jetbrains.com">JetBrains</vendor>
+    <description><![CDATA[
+<b>This is the JetBrains Rider Plugin for Azure Cloud Services Integration.</b><br />
+The plugin streamlines the development, deployment, and management of .NET applications on Azure, directly from Rider and across all supported platforms.<br />
+Key features:
+<ul>
+    <li><b>Azure App Services</b>: Easily create, deploy, and manage .NET Web Apps on any platform.</li>
+    <li><b>Azure Functions</b>: Manage your Function Apps and deployment slots. Run and debug them locally.</li>
+    <li><b>Databases</b>: Create and manage SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MySQL databases with ease.</li>
+    <li><b>Azure Explorer</b>: Visualize and manage your Azure resources, including Web and Function Apps, databases, Redis caches, virtual machines, storage accounts, and more.</li>
+    <li><b>Azure Cloud Shell</b>: Use a built-in Cloud Shell terminal to run commands in your Azure subscription, upload files, intercept downloads, and open a browser to retrieve files from the Cloud Shell.</li>
+    <li><b>Core tools</b>: Utilize Azure Functions Core Tools in project and item templates and use the corresponding configuration to run/debug .NET Function Apps.</li>
+    <li><b>Azurite Emulator</b>: Start, stop, and manage a local instance of Azurite.</li>
+</ul>
+    ]]></description>
 
     <xi:include href="/META-INF/azure-intellij-plugin-lib.xml" xpointer="xpointer(/idea-plugin/*)"/>
     <xi:include href="/META-INF/azure-intellij-plugin-lib-dotnet.xml" xpointer="xpointer(/idea-plugin/*)"/>

README.md

@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
   <img alt="Logo" src="./PluginsAndFeatures/azure-toolkit-for-rider/src/main/resources/META-INF/pluginIcon_dark.svg#gh-dark-mode-only" width="100">
   <h2>Azure Toolkit for Rider</h2>
 
-The Azure Toolkit for JetBrains Rider is an open-source project that helps .NET
-developers easily create, develop, configure, test, manage, and deploy highly available and scalable web apps to Azure.
+**This is the JetBrains Rider Plugin for Azure Cloud Services Integration.**
+
+The plugin streamlines the development, deployment, and management of .NET applications on Azure, directly from Rider and across all supported platforms.
 
   <a href="https://github.com/JetBrains"><img src="http://jb.gg/badges/official-flat-square.svg" alt="JetBrains Official"></a>
   <a href="https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/11220-azure-toolkit-for-rider"><img src="https://img.shields.io/jetbrains/plugin/v/11220-azure-toolkit-for-rider.svg?label=plugin&logo=rider" alt="Version"></a>
@@ -13,39 +14,19 @@ developers easily create, develop, configure, test, manage, and deploy highly av
 
 ---
 
+## Key features
+
+- **Azure App Services**: Easily create, deploy, and manage .NET Web Apps on any platform.
+- **Azure Functions**: Manage your Function Apps and deployment slots. Run and debug them locally.
+- **Databases**: Create and manage SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MySQL databases with ease.
+- **Azure Explorer**: Visualize and manage your Azure resources, including Web and Function Apps, databases, Redis caches, virtual machines, storage accounts, and more.
+- **Azure Cloud Shell**: Use a built-in Cloud Shell terminal to run commands in your Azure subscription, upload files, intercept downloads, and open a browser to retrieve files from the Cloud Shell.
+- **Core tools**: Utilize Azure Functions Core Tools in project and item templates and use the corresponding configuration to run/debug .NET Function Apps.
+- **Azurite Emulator**: Start, stop, and manage a local instance of Azurite.
+
 The plugin can be downloaded and installed in JetBrains Rider and is
 available [from the JetBrains plugins repository](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/11220-azure-toolkit-for-rider).
 
-## Functionality
-
-* Sign in to an Azure account
-* Manage one or multiple subscriptions
-* Basic management of container hosts (create/delete, start/stop, view details)
-* List container registries
-* Basic management of Redis caches (create/delete, start/stop, view details, list keys/values)
-* Basic management of Sql databases (list, create, delete, open in browser, add firewall rule for current public IP,
-  connect to a database in database tools)
-* Basic management of storage accounts (create/delete, list/create/delete blob container, list/upload/download/delete
-  blobs, connect to emulator)
-* Basic management of virtual machines (create/delete, start/stop, view details)
-* Basic management of web apps and deployment slots (create/delete, start/stop, view details, edit settings, swap slot)
-* Basic management of function apps and deployment slots (create/delete, start/stop, view details, edit settings, swap
-  slot)
-* Azure Resource Manager (list/expand resource groups, deploy ARM template, import/export parameter file, edit
-  deployment)
-* Run configuration to deploy function apps and ASP.NET web apps (can also provision SQL database)
-    * ASP.NET Core web apps (any platform)
-    * .NET framework web apps (Windows)
-* Azure Functions
-    * Azure Functions Core Tools integration with project and item templates
-    * Run configuration to run/debug .NET Core function apps
-    * Run function from gutter
-* Azure Cloud Shell support
-    * Connect to cloud shell and work with terminal
-    * Upload file action in Rider, support `download <file>` command in terminal
-    * Support for `az aks browse` command opening browser
-    * Support for web app preview ports
-
 Feature requests can be logged in our [issue tracker](https://github.com/JetBrains/azure-tools-for-intellij/issues), we
 also welcome contributions.