Episode Details

Scott and Wes are back with another round of tips, tricks and tasty treats for their favorite code editor, VS Code.

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01:45

• Why Scott and Wes use VS Code vs all the other options
• Stay up to date with all releases

06:05 - Favorite new updates

• Notification API
• Auto Import
• Listing errors in the file explorer
• Column Selection
• Interface Customization
• Hot Tip: Anytime you find yourself using your mouse, there’s likely a shortcut key for what you’re trying to do
• React Snippets Library
• Wes’ VS Code settings
• Visual Studio Live Share

27:40 - Favorite/New Extensions

• Bracket Pair Colorizer
• Rainbow Brackets
• Auto Rename Tag
• Better Comments
• Jest
• Snapshot Tools
• JS Refactor
• Import Cost
• Polacode
  • Carbon - An alternative way to share beautiful images of your source code

38:49 - Themes

• LevelUp Official
• Night Owl
• Cobalt2

40:35 - Tips and Tricks

• Learn how to jump and select by letter, word, line, etc.
• Move a line (or Line Bubbling) - Use this for rearranging and/or moving lines of code quickly.
• Cycling through multiple windows of the same app - If you have multiple VS Code windows open, “Cmd + backtick” will cycle through them, so you don’t have to drag them in and out of view.
• Adjust MacOS keyboard settings - change Key Repeat to “fast” and Delay Until Repeat to “short”. This will make your editor super fast when holding down arrow keys.
• Use Git features
  • Git History
• Spell Checker - “Cmd + .” will open up code actions and you check for possible misspellings, etc.
  • Code Spell Checker
• Rename Symbol - Much more reliable than find/replace.
• Sort Lines