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Direct link to the article Run Gulp as You Open a VS Code Project
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Run Gulp as You Open a VS Code Project

When I open my local project for this very site, there is a 100% chance that I need to run this command before anything else: gulp. I set that up fresh less than a year ago so I’m on …

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Chris Coyier on Oct 12, 2020
Direct link to the article A Gentle Introduction to Using a Docker Container as a Dev Environment
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A Gentle Introduction to Using a Docker Container as a Dev Environment

Sarcasm disclaimer: This article is mostly sarcasm. I do not think that I actually speak for Dylan Thomas and I would never encourage you to foist a light theme on people who don’t want it. No matter how wrong they …

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Burke Holland on Sep 24, 2020 (Updated on Sep 30, 2020)
Direct link to the article Some Little Improvements to My VS Code Workflow (Workspaces, Icons, Tasks)
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Some Little Improvements to My VS Code Workflow (Workspaces, Icons, Tasks)

I did a little thing the other day that I didn’t know was possible until then. I had a project folder open in VS Code like I always do, and I added another different root folder to the window. I …

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Chris Coyier on Apr 22, 2020
Direct link to the article My Visual Studio Code Setup: Extensions and Themes
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My Visual Studio Code Setup: Extensions and Themes

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Matthias Ott’s posted his VS Code setup. I find lists like this (I rounded up some recent updates of my own) irresistible, probably because, like y’all, I spend an awful lot of time in VS Code and wanna make …

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Shared by Chris Coyier on Apr 22, 2020 (Updated on Apr 24, 2020)
Direct link to the article Graphical User Interfaces for Git
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Graphical User Interfaces for Git

Git is command-line-driven software, but that doesn’t mean you have to use the command line to make it work. There are lots of options! Some of the deepest programmer nerds I know prefer to use GUIs for Git (Graphic…

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Chris Coyier on Jul 2, 2019 (Updated on Jul 18, 2019)
Direct link to the article Prettier & Beautify
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Prettier & Beautify

Aww, what a cute blog post title, right?

Prettier is an “opinionated code formatter.” I highly suggest using it. They have a document going deeper into the reasons, but their three marketing bullet points say it best:

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Chris Coyier on Nov 20, 2018
Direct link to the article What I Learned by Building My Own VS Code Extension
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What I Learned by Building My Own VS Code Extension

VS Code is slowly closing the gap between a text editor and an integrated development environment (IDE). At the core of this extremely versatile and flexible tool lies a wonderful API that provides an extensible plugin model that is relatively …

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Atishay Jain on Aug 20, 2018 (Updated on Aug 29, 2018)
Direct link to the article VS Code extensions for the discerning developer palate
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VS Code extensions for the discerning developer palate

I am a VS Code extension snob. I like to hunt down the most obscure extensions for VS Code — the ones that nobody knows about — and impress people at parties with my knowledge of finely aged and little-known …

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Burke Holland on Aug 2, 2018 (Updated on Aug 3, 2018)
Direct link to the article On Switching Code Editors
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On Switching Code Editors

I’m sure a lot of you are like me and have switched code editors a number of times. I think my first major editor was Coda. Then I moved to TextMate when I started working primarily on local. Then …

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Chris Coyier on Aug 1, 2018 (Updated on Aug 6, 2018)
Direct link to the article Vue + TypeScript: A Match Made in Your Code Editor
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Vue + TypeScript: A Match Made in Your Code Editor

Vue is so hot right now and I’ve been thinking of doing a serious project with it since quite a while, so when the opportunity popped up, I hopped in. But there was a little problem — one of the …

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Vivek Patel on Jun 27, 2018 (Updated on Jul 4, 2018)
Direct link to the article Creating a VS Code Theme
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Creating a VS Code Theme

Everyone has special and perhaps, particular, tastes when it comes to their code editor. There are literally thousands of themes out there, and for good reason: a thing of beauty and enhancement to productivity for one can be a hindrance …

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Sarah Drasner on Jun 8, 2018
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