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Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

760: Pro VSCode Setups

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Wes Bos

Tech News, Technology, News

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Join Scott and Wes as they dish out the juiciest VSCode secrets for coding like a boss (or a Tolinski)! From speedy navigation to must-have extensions and the sickest themes, get ready to level up your coding game. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:47 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 01:44 A recording bug. 03:18 VSCode versions. 05:59 Tabs or no tabs. 10:32 Navigation tips. 11:35 Mouse and trackpad input. 13:43 Move, select and expand by 19:07 Interface tips. 19:17 Sidebars. 24:23 Sticky headers. 26:21 Activity bar. 30:30 Show or hide? 31:35 Profiles. 32:43 Keyboard Shortcuts. 32:49 Renaming. 34:32 Extensions. 34:45 Text pastry. 36:43 Better comments. 39:03 Auto rename tag. 40:02 Change case. 40:25 Permute lines. 41:26 File utils. 43:20 Sort JSON objects. 43:50 SQLite viewer. 44:29 Spell checker. 45:42 APC. 49:19 Themes. Syntax Theme 53:05 Final tricks. Log Wrapper 57:44 What about the AI stuff? 01:00:10 Sick Picks & Shameless Plugs. Sick Picks Scott: Flicker Free Ultra Definition Phillips Bulbs. Wes: Clear Shoe Box Organizers. Shameless Plugs Scott: Syntax Newsletter. Hit us up on Socials! Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Wes: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Scott:X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Randy: X Instagram YouTube Threads

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0:00.0

Welcome to Syntax today. We got a show for you on VS codes.

0:04.6

Scott and I are going to detail all the extensions,

0:08.6

all of the keyboard shortcuts, all of the hot tips we have,

0:12.2

and everything else related to

0:15.8

V.S. Code in general. We are sharing our entire screen with you for this one so this might be one you want to check out on YouTube or on Spotify so you can actually watch the video as well,

0:28.4

but we'll do our best to describe it as well for anyone listening in just the audio.

0:33.3

Yeah, yeah, we'll be talking all about our just our

0:37.1

setups in general so nothing you know should be excluded by not looking at the

0:41.0

video but if you want to see what we're talking about, I think it's going to be a very visual episode in that regard.

0:47.0

And if you want to see all of the errors in your application, you'll want to check out Century at Century. Century.

0:53.0

I. Oh, forward slash syntax.

0:55.0

You can sign up today and get two months for free.

0:57.0

Century is just a really incredible tool for not only tracking your performance,

1:01.0

making sure your application has no bugs, but even just seeing what goes wrong when something goes wrong because things go wrong all the time when we're coding and you don't want a production application out there that, well, you have no visibility into in case

1:15.2

something is blowing up and you might not even know it. So head on Rodesentry.

1:18.9

I.O. slash syntax. Again, we've been using this tool for a long time and it totally rules.

1:24.0

All right.

1:25.0

Wes, how's it going, dude?

1:28.0

Good.

1:29.0

I'm excited to do this episode.

1:30.0

It's kind of fun that we get to show everybody all of the different parts of our VSS code and I've got lots of tips and tricks and I'd love talking about this type of stuff so let's get on on into it.

1:43.7

Well even before we get on into it Wes, do you want to share with the audience the little

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