Issue #142 (A Free GitHub Copilot Plan)01/08/25
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As shown in the articles section below, the VS Code team posted an update on GitHub Copilot in VS Code. As was originally announced at the beginning of December for the November 2024 VS Code update, GitHub Copilot now offers a free plan.
After you make sure you have the latest version of VS Code, you can enable access to GitHub Copilot by clicking what is evidently a GitHub icon that now appears in the title bar (it's labeled "Open Chat" when you hover over it).
Select the Use AI Features with Copilot for Free... option from the menu. You can access the same option using the keyboard shortcut CTRL+ALT+I (Win) or CTRL-CMD-I (Mac).
This opens the panel for GitHub Copilot and from there you can click the button that says "Sign in to Use Copilot for Free".
This is only requirement for using the free version of GitHub Copilot, that you have a GitHub account. When you start this process, you'll go through a few steps in your GitHub account to enable Copilot. You might be asked to enable a few settings like I was. I also had to restart VS Code for it to start working.
And that's it! No need to add any credit card info, no trial period, no pricing plans. It just works, but of course with some limitations (see article link below).
Now on to this week's hand-picked links!
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VS Code Tools
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Pullflow — AI-enhanced code review collaboration across GitHub, Slack, and VS Code, so your team can merge quality PRs faster.
Front Matter — A CMS that runs within Visual Studio Code, GitPod, and more, allowing you to manage your static generator's content with seamless support for any static site generator (Hugo, Gatsby, Eleventy, etc).
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SuperHTML VSCode LSP — A VS Code extension for SuperHTML, a new CLI tool that offers syntax checking and autoformatting features for HTML files.
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VS Code Theme of the Week
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Night Wolf — A dark VS Code theme based on the popular Night Owl theme, which I've featured in a very early issue of this newsletter.
While the Night Owl theme includes only a dark and light, with or without italics, this one has a Gray, Black, Dark Blue, and Dark Gray, along with non-italics versions of each of those. The one shown above is the Gray with italics, which I like the best.
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VS Code Articles & Videos
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Announcing a Free GitHub Copilot for VS Code — For the November VS Code update, expanded upon here, the VS Code team announced a new free plan for GitHub Copilot that doesn't require a trial, subscription, or credit card – just a GitHub account. It includes 2000 code completions and 50 chat requests per month along with access to both GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet models.
VS Code Used to Survey Go Devs, Who Name VS Code No. 1 Editor — Based on the recent Go Developer Survey 2023 H2 Results, which you can see in full here.
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How to Change Python Interpreter in VS Code — Includes step-by-step instructions on how to adjust your Python interpreter settings in VS Code, including navigating the Command Palette and modifying your settings.json.
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Best of the Rest
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Pixelcode — A Chrome extension to turn code screenshots from YouTube videos, images, PDFs, and more into editable code, with support for 30+ coding languages.
Notepad Online — A simple, fast, and secure online text editor (plain, rich text, or Markdown) with no login required and your notes are automatically saved in your browser.
Turn Tickets into Cash with Lysted — Need a side hustle? Lysted makes ticket reselling easy and profitable. List your tickets on major platforms with one click and get fast payouts. It’s a perfect way to earn extra cash from tickets you can’t use (or never intended to). Sponsor
Nightwolf.nvim — A Neovim theme that's a port of the theme mentioned above, this one created by a developer who uses TypeScript and Rust. Includes four dark versions and one light theme.
If you have any link suggestions, including a tool, article, or other resource related to VS Code or another IDE, you can hit reply, send it via DM on X, or via chat on Bluesky.
That's it for this issue.
Happy VS Coding!
Louis
VSCode.Email
@LouisLazaris
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