tips.md

Visual Studio Code Tips and Tricks

Insiders

• Insiders Build

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Customizing the editor

• Pro Tip: Command Palette is F1 or Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + P

• UI or JSON Settings, Cmd + ,

• Turn on Auto Save #lifesaver

• Customize your keybindings

  • CMD + B: toggle Explorer views
  • SHIFT + CMD + E: File Explorer
  • SHIFT + CMD + D: Debug view
  • SHIFT + CMD + F: Find/Search
  • SHIFT + CMD + X: Extension Marketplace
  • CMD + ' : Open new Terminal

• Change the layout! Drag and drop

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GitHub Features

• GitHub Pull Requests and Issues extension

• GH Authentication

• Initialize new repository from VS Code

• Clone repos, search for repos

• Issues and PR features

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Remote Development

• Pain point: Setting up development environments

• Solution: Client tools connected to Remote services

• Develop inside a Virtual machine, a container, or in WSL

• Demo: Try a Sample!

  • Node.js: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-remote-try-node
  • Python: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-remote-try-python
  • Rust: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-remote-try-rust
  • Java: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-remote-try-java

• Request access to Codespaces preview: https://github.com/features/codespaces