Until V2 publishing is built into the VS extension, the site needs to be built in cli. If you are using mac/linux you can preview your site locally. In my case, on windows I'm relying on Github actions to build my site for now. It took a bit of troubleshooting but it makes things simpler once it's set up. For reference, you may want to refer to other published dendron sites to iron out kinks and post questions you have along the way