Issue #115 (VS Code Extension Categories)07/03/24
If you're looking to do some window shopping (so to speak) for VS Code extensions, the Extensions view inside VS Code has a number of different ways you can filter, search, sort, etc. The Extensions view is, of course, also useful if you want to do some house cleaning.
For example, if you click the little filter icon in the Extensions view, you'll see a whole bunch of ways you can deal with extensions in the marketplace or ones installed on your system, including the ability to view marketplace extensions by category.
There are also options to sort by Install Count, Rating, Name, Published Date, and Updated Date.
A nice feature is the ability to view "built-in" extensions, which gives you an idea of what extensions are bundled with VS Code.
Once you filter this way, you'll see the built-in extensions categorized by "Features", "Themes", and "Programming Languages". From there, you can investigate which ones you might not want and disable or uninstall, which might help clean things up a bit and possibly allow VS Code to work a little faster.
As shown in the image above, my Windows install of VS Code has 26, 11, and 53 built-in extensions under the aforementioned categories, which I can then go through and evaluate as needed.
Now on to this week's hand-picked links!
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VS Code Tools
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Wrap Log Simple — A VS Code extension that offers a simple way to log variables in VS Code regardless of your language.
Typos Spell Checker — A VS Code extension that uses a Rust-based project called typos to provide a fast, low memory, in-editor source code spell checker.
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PublicDev — A VS Code extension that makes it easy to share your code commits and project updates on social media with the help of AI.
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VS Code Theme of the Week
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Bushland — This is a unique theme that's described as "calm and cozy" and "usable on dark and very light spaces". It has a nice gentle background combined with the syntax highlighting, so you may enjoy trying it out.
There's only a single theme in the package and it doesn't have a whole lot of contrast, with mostly browns in the syntax highlighting, so if contrast is a need for you, this theme wouldn't work well. But otherwise it's a good option and fairly easy on the eyes.
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VS Code Articles & Videos
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Setting Up Playwright in VS Code — If you're getting started with incorporating an end-to-end testing workflow this might be a decent starting point that incorporates VS Code and Playwright.
📺 Getting Started with Debugging in VS Code (Official Beginner Guide) — From the VS Code team, a YouTube tutorial that walks you through the basics of debugging in VS Code, useful for those new to VS Code or anyone looking to enhance their debugging skills.
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Connect a VM with VS Code for Remote Development — A brief post covering using VS Code while accessing your virtual machine using Git, VirtualBox, an Ubuntu VM, and Vagrant.
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Best of the Rest
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Lexeme — An open-source ChatGPT text editor that provides a fully integrated workflow for brainstorming, writing and rewriting with ChatGPT as your copilot, all within the same window.
TypeScriptToLua — A generic TypeScript to Lua transpiler, with an online playground, that lets you write your code in TypeScript and publish in Lua.
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janeway — A Node.js console REPL with object inspection, autocomplete, clickable output, variables can be copied to clipboard, and other features.
If you have any link suggestions, including a tool, article, or other resources related to VS Code or another IDE, send it via DM on X: @LouisLazaris or just hit reply on this email.
That's it for this issue.
Happy VS Coding!
Louis
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