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My VSCode shortcuts, settings, and extensions for productivity.

Mark Abeto on August 22, 2019

Hi Guys Good Day! I've used a lot of IDE's and Code Editors since I started coding from college to my first job, Python's IDLE, PyCharm,...

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labibllaca • Aug 24 '19

A really good article here Mark, thank you.
Is it possible to add more commands in the keybindings.json file like the snippet below?

...
{
"key":"altGr+/",
"command":"openTerminal + whoamI"
}

Additionally i dont know hows the right name of the right alt-key :D

Mark Abeto • Aug 24 '19 • Edited

Thanks, I appreciate that you like it. Of course, you can add as much as you like but remember that your new command must have a different key binding not included in the default keybinding settings CTRL+K CTRK+S.

labibllaca • Aug 25 '19

All right thank you. Is it possible to apply 2 commands with a shortcut though ?

Mark Abeto • Aug 26 '19

Hi! Ok, I tried using one key binding for two commands.

So, when I pressed CTRL+B the toggle sidebar command works but the toggle terminal does not. Basically, It prioritizes the last command you put in your settings.

labibllaca • Aug 27 '19

Hi Mark thanks for your response. All right I got it.
What I was looked for isn't possible in vs code apparantly.
I was hoping with a shortcut to open the terminal and then to apply an command on the terminal.
Like an combination of to shortcut into one.

Have a great day.

Mark Abeto • Aug 27 '19 • Edited

😃 That's some advanced shit man! Maybe the VSCode devs will apply that in the future just wait. Have a Nice Day too!

labibllaca • Aug 27 '19

hehehehe I see....maybe there is a workaround I need to find. Something like linux in its terminal has where more commands could be executed from one line devided by a semicolon.

Greeting,
Labi

Mark Abeto • Aug 27 '19

Ok, If I find some workarounds about the problem that you want to solve I will tell you about it but for now Good Luck Labi!.

labibllaca • Aug 27 '19 • Edited

Yeah, thanks for man. Same here, if I find something usefull I'd share it here too.

Jason Rees • Aug 22 '19

Hey Mark, Nice and Interesting I can see that you have mention all the shortcuts and brief explain about Vs Code. This will definitely help to all the developers/Coders. I have also one of the best article in which you can see the top essential extension of VS Code. To increase your productivity.

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Mark Abeto • Aug 22 '19

Thanks, Jason. Glad you like it. Ok, I'm gonna check that out rn.

Nilkanth Patel • Aug 22 '19

Of all these, I think (somewhat surprisingly) the most valuable to me is Fira Code. Am I betraying my inner designer? I love how clean it makes my code look though with all the ligatures. Best fixed-width font out there!

Paweł Kowalski • Aug 26 '19 • Edited

Font ligatures are cool. And hurt readability, hence productivity, as well.

Shauna Gordon • Aug 26 '19

I suspect that's highly subjective.

I've used Fira Code with ligatures for years now and don't find it to harm either readability or productivity, in no small part because the new ligature fonts were designed with readability in mind.

If you don't find it readable, then choose a different font, or turn off ligatures (an option when using Fira Code; I don't know about the other ligature fonts, since I don't use them).

Mark Abeto • Aug 26 '19

I couldn't have said it better myself.

Kiel • Aug 27 '19 • Edited

I love the Fira Code ligatures because it replaces multiple symbols with single symbols (i.e. === to the triple dash, or !== to the 'not equal sign') but i see the pain of making the brain relearn the symbols for a few weeks..

but ooh it's so fun to write and so pretty to read....
it's like authoring a story instead of 'writing code'....

Mark Abeto • Aug 27 '19

😃 I know right but if you keep using it. It will be a lot easier in time and the symbols are cool af right.

Mark Abeto • Aug 26 '19

Hi Pawel! I think it entirely depends on the user. I really like Fira Code and I don't think it hurts productivity.

oburejin • Aug 22 '19

Why do you have so much themes? Is it for different projects?

Mark Abeto • Aug 22 '19 • Edited

Honestly, I have more than 10 themes. I'm trying to find the right one that makes me comfortable. Yea, sometimes I use a different theme in a different project. But mostly I use dark-plus-syntax.

oburejin • Aug 23 '19

Oh, good luck with finding “the one”, not an easy task :)

ecaepp • Aug 22 '19

You should checkout the extensions Rainbow brackets and rainbow indent. They are both nice editions to vs code.

Arber Braja • Aug 22 '19

Thank you for this exhausting collection of info. Im finding it easier to check the shortcuts here then on the original doc.

Also, im using extensions but i see some one one im gonna install asap.

Mark Abeto • Aug 22 '19

Thanks, man. Glad you like it!.

Mujeeb Ishaque • Aug 27 '19

I read the full write-up. It's succinct and very interesting. Thanks for posting.

Mark Abeto • Aug 27 '19

Thanks, man! I really appreciate that you like it.

Code Something • Apr 27 '21 • Edited

That's a really comprehensive / informative article, thanks for the post! I actually discovered some extensions from your post that I'm using right now. My previous favorite was vscode keyboard shortcuts tutorial.