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More VS Code Tips
Last updated: Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2024 - September/October
Sahil explores advanced features and enhancements in Visual Studio Code (VS Code) that can significantly improve developer productivity. He delves into the robust Git integration, showcasing how developers can perform various Git operations directly within the IDE, and highlights the benefits of using the GitLens extension for enhanced version control insights. He also discusses the powerful terminal integration, which allows seamless command-line operations within the editor. Additionally, Sahil covers the flexibility of VS Code profiles for managing different development environments and the innovative remote development capabilities, including tunneling and remote-SSH, which enable efficient coding on remote machines or containers.
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VS Code Tips
Last updated: Thursday, June 27, 2024
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2024 - July/August
Sahil looks at how Visual Studio Code, Microsoft’s free open-source workhorse, lets you work on any platform, any operating system, and nearly any language. In this article he covers productivity tips including alternate ways to select text, Outline view, Timeline view, sticky headers, import/export profiles using extensions, and improved search.
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Building a VS Code Extension Using Vue.js
Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2021 - July/August
Most of the core functionalities in VS Code are extensions, and you can extend almost any feature, from color themes, to activity bars, to displaying data. Bilal gives an overview of how extensions work and some cool ideas for what to do with them.
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Introducing Photino: Create Desktop Applications with Web UIs
Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2021 - May/June
If you use Electron but find it makes a pretty big application, try using open source Photino, which uses .NET 5 for the host application instead of Node.js. Your apps for mobile or cross-platform can be lighter and faster.
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Interactive Unit Testing with .NET Core and VS Code
Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2020 - September/October
John continues exploring unit testing using .NET Core 3 in VS Code, and steps to get ready for .NET 5 and VS Code.
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JavaScript Testing in VS Code and Node.js
Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2020 - March/April
Learn to test JavaScript using the Visual Studio Code editor using Node.js as a JavaScript execution environment.
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Be More Productive in Visual Studio 2019
Last updated: Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Published in: CODE Focus Magazine: 2019 - Vol. 16 - Issue 1 - .NET Core 3.0
If you thought Visual Studio was a great tool before, you’re going to go nuts about the latest release. Mika and Kendra talk about the changes that they’re most excited about.
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Writing Your Own Debugger and Language Extensions with Visual Studio Code
Last updated: Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2018 - September/October
Visual Studio Code is the hot new thing these days. Vassili tells you how to take advantage of some of its features, including CSCS, Rich Language Services, REPL language interpretation, and debugging.