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Visual Studio Code Productivity Tips

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Overview

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Get tips and techniques for being more productive with Visual Studio Code, the free, optimized code editor for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Make Visual Studio Code more productive for your projects
  • Access the sample code on GitHub
1. Tips and Techniques
  • Use Go to and Peek Definition to find code references
  • Refactor the code
  • Favorite extensions: Bracket Pair Colorizer
  • Tidy code layout with Format Document
  • Favorite extensions: XML Tools
  • Create custom keybindings for common commands
  • Favorite extensions: Spell Checker
  • A simple technique to copy code blocks
  • Favorite extensions: Sort lines
  • Use Emmet notation to add boilerplate text
  • Favorite extensions: GitLens
  • Use font ligatures to add symbols to your code
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Walt Ritscher

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