Visual Studio isn't exactly an (IDE) Integrated Development Environment, but it is certainly an excellent code editor. It was developed by Microsoft and has tons of built-in support and features that allows for more effective and efficient coding.
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Why Visual Studio Code?
- Extremely customizable
- Loads fast
- Developer extensions
- Built-in Snippets and IntelliSense
- Keyboard shortcuts
Personal Configuration
Visual Studio Code is very easy to use, so the reason for this post is really to list the ways that I optimized it as there are so many things you can do in VS Code.
Extensions
I'm sure this list of extensions will grow as time continues.
- Live Share
- Live Server
- Java Extension Pack
- Python Extension Pack
- Debugger for Java
- Bracket Pair Colorizer
- Prettier
- ESLint
- Tokyo Night (Theme)
Keyboard Shortcuts
- Search Palette
CTRL + SHIFT + P - Open Settings
CTRL + SHIFT + X - Prettier Format
CTRL + SHIFT + F - Open Terminal
CTRL + T - Run Live Server
CTRL + L - Run Program
CTRL + R - Comment
CTRL + / - Move Line (up/down)
CTRL + ^ - Copy/Paste Line (up/down)
SHIFT + ALT + ^ - Shift Tabs (files)
CTRL + PAGEUP - Toggle Text Wrap
ALT + Z - Multiple Cursors
ALT + CLICK - Keyboard Preferences
CTRL + K + S
Alright, that marks the end of this quick article!
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