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How to use VS Code like a pro?

This is a Kick Starter for all the newbies who would like to use V.S Code like a pro, also to all those experienced developers to increase their productivity.

So I will divide this post into what I call segments, continue reading down to get more info.

Just go to the projects directory via cd command and type in code .
So this will open up the project folder inside V.S code.

Another ninja technique is for all the terminal lovers like me who like to open files via terminal. So there is a way to open files directly inside vs code all via terminal and here is how u do it!

Another hack is to compare the code of 2 files directly and all via command line.
Here is how u do it…..

So this was all about terminal hacks for vs code. Now let’s move on sailor!!

So what are the extensions which u should start using now and boost your code workflow?

So here is a curated list of all the productive extension to boost your coding performance.

There are snippets extensions for say for each Framework and language out there! Here are quite a few notables.

Here is how it works -:

2. ES7 React/Redux/GraphQL/React-Native snippets

For the usage, u can get the details from their extension page.

3. React js Snippet

The demo is here.

4. Html Snippets

Easy code snippets for HTML.

The demo is here.

5. C/C++ Code Snippets

So those were some few notables code snippets but u can find snippets for any language or framework out there, JUST SEARCH IT ON!

Or u can try to add a hotkey for the same but I will come to that part later in my hotkeys segment.

So here is a quite handy extension to open your firebase projects right in V.S code.

Here is how it looks.

Preview markdown right inside VS code.

GitLens supercharges the Git capabilities built into Visual Studio Code. It helps you to visualize code authorship at a glance via Git blame annotations and code lens, seamlessly navigate and explore Git repositories, gain valuable insights via powerful comparison commands, and so much more

Prettier formats all JavaScript / TypeScript / CSS easily using Keyboard shortcuts which can be founded out on its extensions page.

How about making your JS code error-free and bug-free if u are using es lint in your java scripts components then you need this ES lint extension.

Debug your JavaScript code in the Chrome browser or any other target that supports the Chrome Debugger protocol.

The demo is here.

Live share is the best group project extension so far. Live share allows to edit anyone’s code remotely in real time. It’s the google docs of VS code.

You also would want to install the VS Live Share Extension Pack for enabling the integrated voice calling feature.

VS Live Share Extension Pack

Another cool and handy extension is Bracket Pair Colorizer. It allows us to colorize brackets to easily differentiate and identify the code blocks.

Here is how it looks.

If you are a Java developer like me then u are gonna love this extension.
This extension include -:
📦 Language Support for Java™ by Red Hat
📦 Debugger for Java
📦 Java Test Runner
📦 Maven Project Explorer
📦 Java Dependency Viewer

Which are the all u need for compiling and running java files.

This is a must-have web dev extension. It auto closes open tags of HTML,XML, PHP, Vue, JavaScript, TypeScript, JSX, TSX languages.

Demo.

Auto rename paired HTML/XML tags. Check demo for more info.

Demo.

How about an extension which shows you the real-time output of your web projects on your favorite browser. Well, live server gives you the power to do that.

Demo.

Real-Time Spell checker of your code for all the variable spell check and function spell checker.

The Demo is here.

How about I tell you that there is an extension for coding, deploying and debugging all the Arduino programs right from vs code! Well here is such extension.

Powerful extension for managing all builds for the c-make file and required
C-make tools.

If you are in native app development and don’t want to leave VS code than these an extension you all are gonna love. Check out the demo for more info.

Demo.

You will also dart extension for this so here it is.

Dart

This extension allows us to directly view pdf files in VS Code.

How about running Spotify right from VS code. Well, that’s what this extension does!

This extension allows you to review and manage GitHub pull requests in Visual Studio Code. Easily create and deal all the pull requests from VS Code GUI!

The Demo is here.

Well if you are a distro hopper or have multiple machines to work upon but enabling the customizations and tweaks of vs code on all machines are a hassle? then there is extension known as Settings Sync which saves all the extensions you downloaded, all your settings, all your color themes also all your custom changed key bindings to the cloud so that u don’t need to do the process of applying all settings again on different machines. Just download ur settings from the cloud via this extension and you are done!

This is an attractive, fun to use extension which will make your coding experience more pleasant and fancy.

This is how it looks.

There are also many variants to try in it.

How about slack discord and Live share conversation right into vs code. With this extension, u can!

Mark lines and jumps to them.

View git log, file or line History.

The demo is here.

If u have worked with making to-dos with kanban u know how awesome it is. But if u haven’t well kanban is a to-do creating website which creates awesome formatted to-do and much more. But how about I say kanban in vs code!

Check demo for more info.

How about showcasing segment of your code, what we do generally is screenshot the segment of the code and share them well that’s old school now try out carbon-now-sh, here is it how!

If u still need to take a screenshot of your code then here is a modern approach!

Lastly are all the intellisense extensions which will give you wide language support such as syntax highlighting, code autocomplete, snippet support and much more. Here are a few to consider.

Well first take a look at what VS code has to first offer by default in the name of customization and themes.

U can view them by opening command palette by:-

and then type in themes as shown in above.

But say you are tired of the built-in themes an want to try out something cool and more productive. So here are a few ones to try it out.

1. Andromeda
This particular theme is one hell of a gem. If you’re a sucker of dark themes, I’m sure you’ll love this one. A very subtle amount of colors, easy on eyes and supporting most languages. Definitely, check it out.

2. Shades of purple

⚡ A professional theme with hand-picked & bold shades of purple to go along with your VS Code. A custom VS Code theme with style

3. Material theme

The most awesome material theme for vs code .

4. Dracula

5. Atom one dark theme

If you migrated from atom to vs code but loved the looks of atom here is a theme for you.

6. Cobalt2 Theme Official by Wes Bos

7. Night owl Theme

8. Nord by arcticicestudio

An arctic, north-bluish clean and elegant Visual Studio Code theme.

9. Mno by u29dc
Minimal monochrome theme.

10. Best light theme bluloco-light

2. VS Code Icons

3.Seti Icons

4. Material Icons

So let’s see what we got here.
VS code is all about shortcuts here we have the shortcut to open files directly, u have direct access to open files and close, we have shortcuts open Command Palette, shortcut to go in zen mode etc

Access all available commands based on your current context.

2. Default keyboard shortcuts

All of the commands are in the Command Palette with the associated key binding (if it exists). If you forget a keyboard shortcut, use the Command Palette to help you out.

3. Keyboard reference sheets

4. Quick Open

5. Errors and warnings

Quickly jump to errors and warnings in the project.

Cycle through errors with: F8 or Shift+F8

6. Split Views

If you have a very big code and you want to compare segments of same
code side by side well you can- Just press shortcut ctrl + \

7. Side bars

Press ctrl + b to open and close side bars

8. Zen mode

U can enter in zen mode by pressing ctrl + z

Sometimes its set to something else just search zen mode in key preferences and you will get the key binds.

9. Type same lines with writing once!

This a handy shortcut which might help us many times.

u can press shift + alt + up / down

10. Find in all files

Find in all files allows you to search the code in all files. And also you can always press ctrl + f to find in selected files.

u can press ctrl + shift + f

So that was all the required default keyboard shortcuts. But if you would additionally want your custom shortcuts created, you can and here is how?

This will open up a tab showing all the shortcuts with what action they perform and you can then either search for a specific action and then change it.

Like for example I have a shortcut for extension code runner and the shortcut is for compiling code by just pressing alt + shift + r and it compiles the code and displays the output.

Moreover, I have also set up the following key binds u can download the keybinds.json file .

There are key binds for git commit +git push + git pull; also to create a new file ; new folder …

If you only want to change within the current file, use the Command + F2 (on Mac) or Ctrl + F2 (on Windows) keyboard shortcut and VS Code will spawn a cursor at every instance throughout the current file.

2. Go to Definition

You could spend several minutes searching for the right file, or you could press Command (on Mac) or Ctrl (on Windows) key and click the variable/method with your mouse. VS Code will take you to it’s definition right away.

Or you could just hover your cursor over the variable/method along with pressing the Command (on Mac) or Ctrl (on Windows) key, it will shows you the definition right in line where your cursor is.

3. Edit Multiple Lines at once

f you ever need to insert or delete multiple instances of text throughout a document, all you have to do is create multiple cursors. You can do this by holding down Option (on Mac) or Alt (on Windows) and clicking anywhere in the text. Every click creates a new cursor.

This is particularly useful for things like HTML, where you might want to add many instances of the same class or change the format of several hyperlinks.

4. Debugger

The debugger deserves a video all to iteself — thankfully, VS Code has already made one of those.

5. Peek Types and Show References

Not sure what some class or interface is all about? You can find the peek types option by highlighting and right-clicking an interface.

If you happen to be looking at an interface and want to know where it is being used, do the same thing, but click on show references. This will provide you with a list of all files using that code.

6. Multi cursor selection

Add more cursors to current selection.

7. Join line

8. Navigate to a specific line

9. Move line up and down

10. Whole document format

11. Find All References

Select a symbol then type shift+f12. Alternatively, you can use the context menu.

12. Rename Symbol

Select a symbol then type f2. Alternatively, you can use the context menu.

Well, you can do multiple things via editing settings.json file but make sure what you are doing. You can set compiler paths for programming languages, you can edit workspace settings, you can also edit font family, font colors, lint settings and much more.

Here is how you can open settings.json file

Settings File Locations

The menu command File > Preferences > Settings (Code > Preferences > Settings on Mac) provides entry to configure user and workspace settings. You are provided with a list of Default Settings. Copy any setting that you want to change to the appropriate settings.json file. The tabs on the right let you switch quickly between the user and workspace settings files.

You can also open the user and workspace settings from the Command Palette(kb(workbench.action.showCommands)) with Preferences: Open User Settings and Preferences: Open Workspace Settings or use the keyboard shortcut (kb(workbench.action.openGlobalSettings)).

In the example below, we disabled line numbers in the editor and configured line wrapping to wrap automatically based on the size of the editor.

Changes to settings are reloaded by VS Code after the modified settings.json file is saved.

This was some basic info about settings.json file, you can find detailed info here :-

Visual Studio Code is a good Editor, that can adapt to many languages and technologies out there, and discovering these little helpers can sometimes take time.
I hope my post can help you increase your productivity and help you boost your coding skills.

NOTE: If i had missed anything pls free to comment down below

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