Visual Studio Code Productivity Tips

Get tips and techniques for being more productive with Visual Studio Code, the free, optimized code editor for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Introduction

• Make Visual Studio Code more productive for your projects
• Access the sample code on GitHub

1. Tips and Techniques

• Use Go to and Peek Definition to find code references
• Refactor the code
• Favorite extensions: Bracket Pair Colorizer
• Tidy code layout with Format Document
• Favorite extensions: XML Tools
• Create custom keybindings for common commands
• Favorite extensions: Spell Checker
• A simple technique to copy code blocks
• Favorite extensions: Sort lines
• Use Emmet notation to add boilerplate text
• Favorite extensions: GitLens
• Use font ligatures to add symbols to your code

Conclusion

• Next steps