Issue #36  (End of Year 2)12/28/22

Just like last week, this issue has no intro tip, just the usual links in the two categories below.

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I'll back with the usual intro content in January. Hope you all have a good and healthy end to your year!

Now on to this week's hand-picked links!
 

VS Code Tools

Ask ChatGPT — A zero-config VS Code extension that's pair-programmed with ChatGPT, and has many of the features available on the ChatGPT web UI.

Git Prefix — VS Code extension for Git users that lets you prefix commit message with a value from the current branch name.

Moonlight — A nice looking dark VS Code theme that has "bubblegum colors" on a moonlit background.

Typehole — VS Code extension that automatically generates TypeScript types and interfaces for all serializable runtime values.
 

VS Code Articles

VS Code Shortcuts To Code Like You’re Playing the Piano — Nice analogy! Mainly coding-related stuff, which you find in many code editors. Maybe you'll find one or two here that you didn't already know about.

 ▶ Moving Editors Around Using Your Keyboard (Move Editor Into) — A video tip that looks at VS Code's "move editor into" commands, allowing you to manage your editor workspace using just the keyboard.

Test Your APIs Inside VS Code (Twitter Thread) — This is a short Twitter thread from the RapidAPI team with a few tips you might find useful on API testing.

Streamline Your Apple Device Management — Jamf Now makes it easy to deploy, oversee, and secure all your devices. Sign up for a free account now with capability to manage three devices and add more for just $2 per device each month.  Sponsor 

Best of the Rest

Explain Code — Blast through code with easy-to-understand code explanations, code summarization, class breakdowns and more. Currently supports JavaScript, SQL, Go, and Python.

Tinkerwell — A REPL on steroids. It allows you to run code snippets within the context of your application without using a browser. Works in your favorite IDE, locally, via SSH, Docker, and on Laravel Vapor.

ridiculous_coding — An add-on for Godot Engine that adds screenshake and explosions to your coding experience. Yes, you read that correctly. See a demo here.

Suggestions?

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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