Issue #78  (Pinned Tabs in VS Code)10/18/23

There are a few different ways you can "pin" items in VS Code that might come in useful for you if you use certain features often.

First of all, you can "pin" any task that's available when you use the "Tasks: Run Task" option in your command palette. This shows a list of your "pinned" tasks at the top of the Run Task list, and there's a little pin icon next to each item so you can pin or unpin them as needed.
 
The other feature is the ability to pin any tab (that is, any open file) in your editor. Pinned tabs will automatically appear at the front of your list of open tabs.
 
If you prefer, there is a way to make the pinned tabs appear on a separate row using a setting called "Pinned Tabs on Separate Row" which is unchecked by default. You can enable this by searching for "PinnedTabs" in your settings and enabling that setting.
 
Now your pinned tabs will appear in a different row above the other tabs, as shown in the screenshot below.
 
You might prefer this clearer delineation of your pinned vs. non-pinned tabs, but it also clutters up your UI a little more. Thus, you may prefer the default way of pinning.

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

VS Code Tools

Code Dryer — A website builder as a VS Code extension that includes templates, live preview, a WYSIWYG editor, and more.

MDC for Visual Studio Code — VS Code extension that provides syntax highlighting and colon (:) matching for MDC (Markdown Components) files for Nuxt Content.

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TypeLens — A VS Code extension that adds reference counter code lenses to TypeScript, JavaScript, SCSS, and Less files.

VS Code Articles

VS Code Update Improves Testing with GitHub Copilot AI — Some specifics on one of the changes in the most recent VS Code update, namely in relation to GitHub Copilot.

Double Shift Key in Visual Studio Code — From 2021, a tip for those who are accustomed to using the "SHIFT SHIFT" shortcut to open a file, which is a feature in PhpStorm.

ChatGPT for Enterprise Databases — Chat with your enterprise databases using secure generative AI and empower business users in your team to do their own data analyses in seconds.   Sponsor 

How to Install VS Code on an Android Phone — Some detailed instructions that require use of a terminal emulator called Termux and Ubuntu.
 

Best of the Rest

Leporello.js — An interactive functional programming IDE for JavaScript, with next-level debugging, and designed for developing HTML5 apps.

Source Generator Playground —  An app that lets you experiment with a C# 9 source generator. It allows you to write a simple console application, and a source generator, and observe the generated output and the program output.

Best IDEs for GoLang in 2023 — Many of the usual suspects mentioned in this one, but also some others you may not have heard of if you're new to learning Go.

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.

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