Normal esp devices allow files in or below the \data folder. Then the vmicro publish server data files menu item can be used.

The guidelines are same as arduino ide but with different menu name.

I see. We use visual studio c++ projects and they have a few options that we don't use. We try to stay compatible with the arduino ide so the instructions are common. For example esp produce a guide for the arduino ide and we support that.

It's a good idea that we might add the resources to the list of files to send with the spiffs upload but might be confusing as to the location. By forcing people to use the \data folder same as arduino) we have a known file structure in a single location that can be mirrored to spiffs