25 VS Code Productivity Tips and Speed Hacks
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- Опубликовано: 20 май 2024
- Learn 25 VS Code tips and tricks that will help you write code faster. Try out awesome new features and extensions that turn your editor into a full-blown IDE. fireship.io/pro
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📚 Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:35 1. VS Code CLI
01:03 2. Release the Mouse
01:45 3. Command Palette Ctrl+P
02:10 4. Run Commands
02:25 5. Quokka
02:43 6. Find Symbols with @
03:14 7. Find symbols with #
03:36 8. Move Around Quickly
04:07 9. Multiline Editing
04:23 10. Auto Rename Tag
04:47 11. Delete or move a line
05:16 12. Highlight & Comment Lines
05:39 13. JS Doc Extension
06:07 14. Better Comments
06:20 15. Integrated Terminal
07:14 16. Tasks
07:38 17. Git Source Control
08:26 18. Git Lens Extension
08:40 19. Remote Repositories
09:14 20. Remote SSH & Containers
09:31 21. Custom Snippets
10:01 22. Community Snippets
10:13 23. Auto-create directories
10:29 24. Paste as JSON
10:50 25. Rename Symbol
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Emmet balance outward command - expands selection outwards to the nearest tags/brackets. Hit again to include the tag in the selection. Now combine with another powerful one: emmet wrap with abbreviation. Never cut + write + cursor between + newline + paste again! Just click on the desired section, balance outward, wrap with abbreviation. Boom!
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I don't understand 🤔
@@ALLINONETECH6 create a tag with some text inside. Select part of text. Hit the emmet balance outward command. Repeat until the tag is included in selection. Hit emmet wrap with abbreviation. Enter div in the input and hit enter. Voila
VS Code is piece of art, Microsoft really outdone itself here.
I get irate with every MS product, except VSC.. it is really darn stable & it is capable of just about anything (especially with extensions)- all whilst looking sleek.
The Command Palette over traditional toolbars & menus is pure genius.
All this, for free..? Am I the product? 🤔
@@everyhandletaken nop, because it's a open source project.
@@jaedson-barbosa no it isn't. the builds on the vscode website and the github repo have different licenses. the build you install from the site is based on the vscode repo at github but they add their own telemetry junk etc. it is even written as "built on open source" instead of "open source" in the site. if you want to build from github repo source code or use open source binaries, you can't install most of the extensions which sucks.
@@bayramkazk5112 Very interesting, thank you !
@@bayramkazk5112 There are still full open source builds without any spyware bullshit available, like vscodium.
*Sets the play speed to x2 while hearing "the most valuable thing you own is your time..."*
You should also mute the speaker than. This way you can save your battery & you can save some time by not plugin phone again & again 😂
Themostvaluablethingyouownisyourtime
You guys are wasting your time commenting here. Oh wait I am doing the same......
Just for me:
1:47 ctrl+P open command palette and > for all the commands
2:59 ctrl+F find word (meh)
3:04 @ symbol at command palette is better than ctrl+F
3:13 ctrl+shift+. for the same thing
3:53 ctrl+G go to line number
3:59 shft+arrows highlight
4:02 ctrl+arrows move word by word
4:07 ctrl+D highlight and replace word / add multiple cursors
4:28 alt+click create cursor at any place
5:02 ctrl+X cut line
5:08 alt+arrows move line
5:14 alt+shift+arrows move and copy line
5:33 ctrl+L highlight line
5:37 ctrl+/ comment
6:27 ctrl+` open terminal
7:07 ctrl+K clear terminal
7:12 ctrl+arrows command history
🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓
@@aggelosbillis7433 bro shut up you're just jealous.
Thanks for sharing! These are just the commands I was needing as well
Glad i was able to help!
Thanks
My favourite shortcut is expand / shrink selection.
Mac: ⇧ + ⌃ + ⌘ + ←/→
Windows: Shift + Alt +
Place the cursor in the middle of a string and start expanding. It will firstly select the word and then will be gradually adding surroundings to the selection: firstly the whole string, then the quotes, then the brackets, then the object, then object's brackets and so on and so forth - feels like AI and can save a lot of time.
Hey, it's my favorite shortcut too. :) I like it so much that I customized keybindings of them to:
Ctrl + D Expand (Add Selection To Next Find Match by default)
Alt + D Shrink (unbound by default)
Ctrl + Alt + D Add Selection To Next Find Match (unbound by default)
These 3 work so good with each other, highly recommend giving it a try if those keys are available to you.
I was searching for this since long. thanks for sharing :)
This is awesome, thanks!
The fact that you distinguish ⇧ from Shift... Yes, doctor
More:
1) Ctrl + SHIFT + L -> Grandfather version of Ctrl + D (Selects all Occurrences of that string in text editor)
2) Ctrl + B -> Toggle File Explorer
3) Ctrl + J -> Alternate for Ctrl + ` (Toggle Terminal)
4) ALT + Number -> Change Active Tab Windows
5) Ctrl + Shift + P -> Direct Access to Command Runner for VS Code
thanks dude
Ctrl + J isn’t exactly the same, it just brings up the bottom panel iirc (but yeah usually you’re on your terminal so I just use it to toggle it on / off)
F1 does the same as Ctrl+Shift+P
Ctrl + B toggles sidebar, not file explorer.. I think 🤔
@@TheSaintsVEVO You're right, CTRL + SHIFT + E brings out file explorer
Code Folding at various levels:
cmd+K+n = Fold code at n level; cmd+K+1, cmd+K+2, 3, 4....
cmd+K+J = expand all lines of code.
Nice!
Didn’t know this one existed, Ty.
Thank you!
Yes! I put it in F1 key the fold root level only
Always create code workspace for the project you're working on.
If you're working on multiple projects that require different extensions or any other customizations this will help you out by a lot.
Also you can add the extension(s) used as a workspace recommendations - which can be shared amongst the team.
One of my favorites:
Shift + Alt + A -- Create a block comment (useful for languages that have specific block comment syntax that varies from inline comments). It can turn a highlighted selection into a block comment or create an empty block comment if nothing is selected.
The things I like the most in VS Code are the auto-save, formatting and the fact that you can customize almost every keybindings you want to make it simple to your uses.
But one thing that I consider very important and you didn't mention is the code runner extension, that can run almost every type of code easily and fast, very useful for testing for example.
Like any editor worth it work
Auto save is actually too much for big projects. Its restarts the server everytime you type anything
@@nikhil6204 That's why you should build your main app with modules :P
My favorite productivity tip aside from making my own custom keyboard short cuts is using multiple cursors.
you hold down the Alt key and click somewhere, you’ll put down a new cursor. Each cursor will accept the same key commands at the same time-a handy way to enter boilerplate text on multiple lines at once, for example.
Another way to add cursors is to hold Ctrl+Alt and press the up or down arrow keys. Doing so will insert cursors in the lines above or below the current one-useful for working in columns of text.
Another slick move: You can insert a cursor at every instance of a selected piece of text by hitting Ctrl-Shift-L. You can also control the selection size of multiple cursors by pressing Shift-Alt and the left or right arrow.
Cheers!
Thanks so much for this video. I was recently reviewing my own productivity at work, it could be a nice solution to
1. Reduce the mouse use but learn quick hotkey from keyboard intentionally
2. Ctrl + shift + . is really a nice shortcut to review a Typescript Class
3. And so much more... and be thankful for the developer who has such incredible creativity that created these extensions
Honestly, the best thing is instead of doing CRTL + P and then typing an > you can just do CRTL + SHIFT + P. Flows much better
@Xavier James true, although I like the Crtl shift P better even though it is longer, I guess it's because the keys are where fingers are anyways which makes it more comfortable for me than reaching for the F1 key
@@kalokal5812 You either need a smaller keyboard or bigger hands haha
Personally I use a custom 60% layout and I have an additionnal Razer Tartarus to runs maccros and numpad (its kinda like a streamdeck on steroïd with a built-in joystick). Looks ugly tho.
And CTRL + SHIFT + O to open symbols search bar directly
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"Error lens" extension highlights errors and warnings. Works really nice with typescript and very useful overall
I like it so far. Thx
error lens might be my faverat extension
thx.
Those shortcuts literally changed my life, providing for 10X productivity. Thank you for this awesome content
VS Code is probably my most favourite piece of software I've ever used. I thought I was a ninja with it but this video cranked up the heat. Awesome watch, I'm almost excited to go back to work after the weekend now.
One of the sweetest things about vscode is the fluidity, I am big fan of Atom editor and sometimes I prefer using it(it's an attachment thing). In vscode, you can easily import your settings by comparing settings.json files and changing values.
eg. I use ctrl+⬆ instead of alt+⬆ to move lines of code up and down. So there, as requested @Fireship
Pro tip: instead of pressing crtl+p then ">", you can only press F1 to execute commands.
For Mac users, the corresponding shortcut is [cmd+shift+P]. :)
@@demidevil666 for my fellow Ballmer-heads out there: ctrl shift p also works on windows
Super usefull, thanks a lot 🙏
@@thedathoudarya 😊🥰
Cntrl shift p if the F1 is not easy to reach all the time. Works on Linux
I've always used IDE's that were built for one or two languages, so as soon as I opened VS code I was blown away by how many options there were. Simply incredible! I'm using this as my main editor from now on.
U said it all. MS will end Jetbrains if they do not improve.
I keep watching this and adding pieces of it to my coding practices in VSCode. It's a game changer, for real, thank you!!
This reminded me there's a few that I should try to incorporate more into my workflow:
Ctrl + Shift + E to focus on the file sidebar, and use arrow keys to navigate through them.
When a file is selected, Ctrl + \ to open it in a new split window.
You can change the focus between split window groups with Ctrl + 1/2, etc.
Ctrl + Tab, or Alt + 1/2/3 etc. to navigate through currently opened files in the currently focused window.
Ctrl + W to close the currently opened file in the currently focused window.
8:48 - "But now, thanks to the monopoly that Microsoft has on the developer ecosystem..." - it's quotes like these that make me love this channel so much. Kudos, Fireship!
I was going to comment this exact thing...I love how casually he just drops that in... I wonder how many people noticed...
@@Aedaeum Telemetry
It's not necessarily a dig. It's just stating a fact. So far, most devs seem to have no problem with it because it makes for a smooth working env. Nobody feels comfortable with a monopoly, yet for devs it might very well mean a non-sarcastic "thanks to" in this case.
A couple efficient ways of returning from multiple cursors to one:
'esc' will remove all but one cursor and 'ctrl + u' will undo the last cursor action one at a time.
Both are good muscle memories to develop as you begin using tricks like the 'ctrl + d' spam demonstrated in the video.
To rename symbol you can simply use the F2 button from the keyboard on the symbol you want to rename in the entire project
F2 is used in the whole Windows ecosystem so that's a nice thing they kept it :)
Awesome video, learn tons of things I'll add to my setup thanks for sharing !
3 things I've been using constantly and I can say it has saved me a lot of mouse click and seconds doing this.
1. Copy/Cut - without selecting the whole line, just placing the curson on the line and pressing ctrl+c/v
2. Moving lines up and down with alt+↑ /↓
3. Using the command palette which I have learned very recently
4. Duplicating lines using Alt+shift + ⬆️/⬇️
Is vs code recommended for a newbie?
@@Shubhampalzy yep definitely 👍, unless you wanna use notepad
@@Shubhampalzy Having used Notepad++ for about a decade, I've switched to VS Code because my work switched us to laptops last year and revoked our admin privileges. This meant I couldn't install extensions anymore and I finally bit the bullet and installed Code, which doesn't require admin for almost all extensions. I can say that if all you want is a text editor, Code will do everything Notepad++ will do, sometimes simpler as well, and give you access to more extensions.
One of my personal preferences is overriding the default ctrl+- and ctrl+= bindings which will change editor size to code folding and unfolding. You can do this by setting the shortcuts in preferences -> keyboard shortcuts. This is very handy in maintaining lengthy files
This video was mind blowing for me. I really didn't know how powerful VSCode is. Thank you really much for this video, you really saved hours of mindless working time for me. Give this guy a medal!
When creating an HTML file you can type ! and hit tab and you have a default page
Lorem99 is useful too, 99 being the number of Lorem ipsum words
alt+click is useful to edit several lines at the same time
You don't need the auto rename tag extension, it already exists as linked editing in the settings
Linked editing... Nice.
The last tip was very cool! Thank you!!
alt + left key : goes backwards to the last file or line you visited
crtl + shift + f : finds all in your whole project/directory
F12 : goes to defenition
crtl + alt + up/down keys : sets cursor on multiple subsequent lines
Highly recommend Bracket Pair Colorizer 2 and Indented Block Highlighting. Helps me a great deal when dealing with code nesting. Especially useful in Flutter.
I also like Code Spell Checker, can handle camel case etc. Just prevents typos which can lead to headbanging bugs later if something is named slightly differently then you thought it was. Also supports a user dictionary and can fix it for you so you can add all your domain specific stuff and never mistype it again
Some useful extensions:
Auto close Tag - Automatically add HTML close tag, even JSX. Might be annoying when declaring types with TS
Bracket Pair Colorizer - for colorizing match brackets
Peacock - Change the color of VS code workspace
I watched it many times along the year and I still learn new things ... Thx bro !
If you cannot find a closing div tag in vs code you can use the "balance outward" command in the command palette that will select all the content inside the opening and closing tag including tags. Note that your cursor and opening tag should be on the same line. You can create a seperate keyboard binding for this command for ease of use.
1. tip for renaming anything in all of our code there's an shortcut just press F2 key.
and just type new name of your thing.
2. to delete a whole line without selecting just press SHIFT + DELETE
3. to delete a word in forward direction press Ctrl + Delete.This will delete the word after the cursor.
4. to delete words in backward direction then just press Ctrl + Backspace to delete it.
5. press F1 or fn + F1 to access command palllete
enjoy.
Absolutely brilliant. I already used some of those like alt+arrow key or ctrl x or ctrl P
but ctrl g is great and ctrl shift . is also perfect! Thanks!
Currently using Remote containers in project. My teammates 💙 it.
Btw your content quality is 💯. Never have I enjoyed a Dev channel so much!!
Love every video, a simple but useful feature is on .md(markdown) files you can hit cmd+shift+v to preview the formatted file
Awesome rundown of VS Code features in less than 12 minutes. Thank you.
There is also a key shortcut " Ctl + shift + F " and search whatever you want through your entire project.
I like that shortcut so much. Because it helps me to search functions I forgot where I saved it.
Amazing, you are helping so much a lot of developers around the globe
This is hands down the best VS Code video in existence. 👏
I’ve been using VS code for close to 4 years now and I didn’t know about half of these. Thanks for the great video!
My favorite keyboard combo is CTRL+SHIFT+L, which is the select all instances of the current selection. It's super helpful for creating a long SQL insert statement, for example.
Number 1 Developer! You’re an inspiration to many of us! Keep it up!
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My favorite feature I found out lately is Emmet Abbreviation. Type div.container#App and then press Tab will expand the expression to
with the cursor goes in between the opening and closing tag. It work correctly with JSX too (className vs class).
A little detail I appreciate is using the phonetic alphabet when saying shortcuts -- eliminates obscurity from mic pop, speaker issues, just hearing wrong, etc.
I worked AppleCare for a time and it was one of the most transformative thing I did for customers -- while collecting names or email addresses, they'd struggle to enunciate a letter because phone call quality, and then I'd confirm in phonetic alphabet, and they'd go "oh, oh yeah" and then start doing it for the rest of the call, which would then go much smoother.
Underrated tech support tactic.
Other shortcuts I use everyday as a front-end developer:
Shift + Alt + f12 to quickly search references to a selected type (if using Typescript), variable or function throughout the whole project.
Ctrl + Shift + f to search selected text globally. Also learn when to search for whole words and/or with captions.
Ctrl + Shift + t to reopen last closed files/tabs, just like in a browser. Ctrl + w to close the current file/tab.
Alt + horizontal arrows to go back or forward to the last cursor positions.
What makes me feel most powerful in VSCode is
1. Search your file (using regex if you need a pattern)
2. Focus the file itself
3. Press Control + Shift + L to select all occurrences of your search with multi-cursor
4. Make edits
This way you can bulk edit things in a file super quickly.
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Awesome content as always 🤩
I knew some of these, but never heard of the rest, thnx alot!
For once a VSCode video that genuinely helpful. Cheers! Wasn’t aware of a bunch of the bits you showed (like the @ symbol trick)
Pro tip 2, remove the tabs and icon sidebar and navigate files and panels with keyboard shortcuts. Give yourself more visual space. Also, increase line heights and get a pretty font.
yes, just find right font size, theme, font,font style and clear the clutter
@@hemantvetal any recommendations?
Material theme and go borderless. Why have a border and padding when enough padding can accomplish both.
Ctrl+K, Z....this is the Zen Mode. It's beautiful
What do you mean by "remove tabs"? Typing a filename every time you want to switch to a tab? It seems to me not efficient at all.
VERY IMPORTANT COMMAND THAT SAVED ME YEARS OF MY LIFE "lol"
Place your cursor on a then press ctrl+p, and then type balance(outward)
THIS command will drive you where the div close! (Make this keybord shortcut)
THEN make also a keybord shortcut the command -> balance(inward)
NOW you can select blocks of code(If you want press again balance outward or inward to mark the parent or the child block)
That's funny he made a whole video on it and you had 8 likes.
This was good stuff thank you. Also if you are working within a very large file there is a command to collapse all areas of code, and this will save huge time on those 5-10k line files(yes I know they should never get that big but hey, we all inherit tech debt)
You just helped me prevent my future self from going back in time and disrupting the time-space continuum to use these features.
Amazing tips, that @ symbol to break down files is awesome
One good way to keep your files organized is by pinning tabs by "right click" -> "pin" (Ctrl+K Shift+Enter), pinned tabs have a number of useful features to help mark files that are important to you.
One thing to add. Close all editors command won't close pinned editors. So thats also good if you are searching many files and when you finish you close all unnecessary editors and keep your main.
Absolutely blown my mind! Thanks for the good work 👍
My dude you opened a whole new world to me, danke sehr schön
It's the first time i already know everything on a Fireship video. For once i don't suffer impostor syndrome :D
The sign of a knowledgeable person is the fact they’re still learning things.
My favorite extension, by far, is the CodeTogether extension. It allows multiple developers to work together on the same code, Google doc style. It's a lifesaver when we want to share and/or explain code, since everyone have it's own editor.
how is it different than live share?
@@whoman7930 Having the actual code, rather than a live stream, allows you to naviguate between files, edit, highlight, follow reference and all that good stuff. It make pair programming way easier.
Damn, brother. This video bussin. Love the great content. Looking forward to more of this stuff.
The CTRL+D is probably my favorite "pro user" shortcut, it saves me sooo much time
Great stuff, I'm going to rewatch this several times!
Haha same.
I've been waiting for this video, despite neither of us knowing I did
🤯 Great watch, I just learnt new things to be more productive using vs code 🙌🏽
I would suggest error lens. It wrote errors/warning next to line which belongs to them. Saves tons of time.
From not mentioned I use Git Graph, Bracket Pair Colorizer and Conventional commits
Selectively add changes to the Git staging, or revert them:
If you want to add some particular changes made in a file to make a commit and keep the rest of the changes made in the same file for a later commit,
- Click on the green spot between the changed line and the line number
- Click on the '+' button to add the change to the staging, or the "undo" button to revert that change.
This helps me keep my Git commits clean: each commit represents one unit of change.
I do this also and atomic commit everything - it’s great.
I gave it a custom shortcut of ‘ctrl + S + T’ I.e. stage. You can then just place your cursor or highlight blocks of code and stage only that.
I wouldn’t recommend ‘command + s + t’ because it affects the conventional save command in an unexpected way.
Best tip: Combine the greatness of vscode with vim. Takes some time to get used to but is super efficient and fun.
I also liked how you sneaked the "i use arch btw" meme into the tweet ^^
i cant even wrap my head around how to paste so no thx
@@rice8864 that's not the spirit
@@TheEroticDonkey lol
@@TheEroticDonkey i have no spirit
im dead
If you have a bunch of tabs open, you can use web browser-like shortcuts to navigate between them.
Ctrl + PageUp / PageDown = switch to next / previous tab
Ctrl + W = close tab
Ctrl + Shift + T = reopen previously closed tab
Other stuff I use:
Ctrl + Alt + → = split editor right (by moving the active tab)
Ctrl + Alt + ← = moving editor from right to left (if split vertically)
If you are using a split editor, you can swap with Ctrl + n (where n = 1,2,...) between the visible ones.
I also like to add a custom shortcut for focusing on the terminal.
To open active projects quickly, I added a new toolbar to the Windows task bar and put shortcuts to my workspace files there. That means active projects are two clicks away without losing too much taskbar real estate. I then cycle projects in and out of there as needed, based on whatever I'm currently working on.
"There are only two hard things in CS: cache invalidation, naming things and off-by-one errors."
missed opportunity...
Not off-by-one if you're counting from 0. ;)
@@nourgaser6838 still 3 things, doesn't matter at what number you start.
@@nourgaser6838 what do you mean
@@dontbetoxic4387 He’s making a joke about how computers count starting at 0, but 3 things are still 3 things.
@@SomeFreakingCactus no you are wrong. It doesnt matter where you Start to count, the amount is always the same
The thing that I love the most is the colorized parenthesis, its an add on, and there are many, but for knowing what is what and where things start and end are amazing. It works for css, js, c, c++, etc. It also works with []{} and anything that makes you start and end things like that.
Vscode now has that feature builtin.
tip: you can redirect the output of any terminal command to the vscode: `date | code -`
it's really useful for commands with long output
amazing amazing amazing ... thx so much .
that video is exactly what is need inorder to have easier life with vscode.
When working with poorly formatted or indented code, one of my favorites is ctrl +k, ctrl+f . This command formats and indents all the code selected. Its a life saver for HTML with many nested tags
You could just turn on auto format on save in your vs code settings
commenting for later
If you select something, that you want to select multiple times ( for example, you typed variable "x" when you meant "y" somewhere, you cannot simply rename the variable because then it would change everywhere and you would have duplicates etc) you can tap ctrl+D multiple times and each time it will add one occurrence to the selection. This is also very handy when writing markdown for example, as you can quickly select all occurrences of a word in a certain paragraph etc etc. The possibilities are really endless with Ctrl+D
Edit: damn, Fireship knew about this already. No Tshirt for me :(
This is one of the most useful videos for I've ever seen. Thank you
Man visual studio code is the best and definitely a code/programming app it’s like you can design your own business
I use vscode with vim (got addicted by the combination of the two)..ctrl+p to open files, hjkl for navigation, dd to delete line, dw to delete a variable and rewrite the new name. It helps a lot
You're right
Awesome, I’ve been looking for something like this.
This is the best video for VSCode on RUclips
Did not learn much as I'm using VSCode for years, but this video highlights some of its best feature in a very efficient way 👏
oh man, this is gem, vs-code really gives me adrenaline in my brain, so nice to have this Editor
My prefered shortcuts:
Ctrl+Shift+C: Toggle line comments
Ctrl+D: Duplicate line / selected lines
Ctrl+Shift+D: Delete line / selected lines
These aren't standard, are they?
@@mormatus nope, but I got used to them a decade ago and whenever I switch IDEs, I set them up like that
Those are great, thanks.
Part 2 would be awesome
Paste JSON as Code is a lifesaver! Thank you!
If you have multiple windows with a different project in each one, things can get confusing during alt-tabs. It's possible to set different themes to each project, so the different colors will help not getting confused. To set themes to a specific project, create a .vscode folder in your root e set configurations there in json format.
I'm on Windows OS. I use 7+ Taskbar Tweaker which lets me change order of vs code instances (or any program). I put vs code on taskbard and press Win + $taskbarIndex multiple times to switch between instances.
At the end I just memorize the index of each project and switch between them quickly.
5 things I find EXTREMELY useful outta this video:
1. alt ↑ / ↓ - move line around
2. shift + alt ↑ / ↓ - move line around + copy
3. ctrl ← / → - jump to next symbol
4. Name your terminal sessions
5. Paste JSON as Code
I used to use Sublime for many years and started using VS Code because I just realized it was the right thing to do. LOL
Some of my own tips that I used to think it was common sense but then realized not so many developers are using. Use emacs key combinations for navigation in VS Code. Saves me so much time!
🔥 One tip to enter a new line from anywhere in the current line: Cmd + Space. No need to go to the end of the current line. Before that, I tended to use my mouse/keyboard to go to the end of the line and hit Space which is really cumbersome
I hit like 3 times! This video is so useful! :)
You should have hit it 1001 times
I've also found the "Find in selection" feature highly useful. If you highlight some code, press cmd+f to open the search menu, then you can press cmd+l to only search in the highlighted area.
It is really convenient if you want to search for some css rules or html only in some parts of the file
ITS so great to learn these, just like bash, after you get used to it, you feel so natural and your coding is much faster
Alt+Click and Ctrl+Shift+Up/Down are probably my favourite vscode shortcuts. So useful for efficiently semicolonising multiple lines at once
With multiple carrets, you can press home/end to go to the start/end of all lines, very useful for writing around multiple different things with different lengths
caret*
The main issue I've had with VS Code is that the default shortcuts are different on different operating systems. For example alt+shift+f to format the document on Windows but ctrl+shift+i to format the document on Linux. These can be changed, it's just annoying if you use multiple operating systems.
Also it's just too slow to open for use as a git editor (e.g. for interactive rebases).
Other than that, I like it in general.
VSCode's remote SSH feature has saved my butt so hard in the past. There was a project I was working on that only ran on our server (because I designed it all wrong, I'll admit), which only had command line access. With VS Code, I had my full text editor and VCS manager on a GUI-less server. So much pain avoided.
This video is lifechanging.
I use VSCode but didn't know these tips (example, alt up and down to move lines, ctrl x to cut a line like dd in vim and then paste it somewhere else).
As a test, I clocked how long it takes me to simply either stay on my keyboard and type 1-20 without even rushing it (I typed the characters one at a time with a short pause, I didn't just run my finger across the top row), and it took 9 seconds while being slow and deliberate.
Then I tried it again but after each one I lifted my finger, reached for the mouse, clicked another part of the screen, clicked back to where I was writing, moved my hand back to the keyboard from the mouse (just touching my right hand anywhere on the keyboard, with my left hand already ready to type the next number) and going back and forth to the mouse like this for a count 1-20 took this long:
71 seconds.
That means staying on the keyboard is literally 8x faster even while staying slow and deliberate.
8x speed improvement!!
that section of the video along with the other tips is literally lifechanging as a developer and helps explain how come Fireship is a God tier developer (for example for another video built an application in ten different frameworks quickly, which involves debugging JavaScript ten diffferent times, for ten different frameworks each with their own quirks).
I will study and practice the tips in this video carefully. If anyone else has such God tier productivity tips for VS Code feel free to reply to this comment (even once it is a couple of years old), as I expect to stay on VS Code for my IDE for a very long time!
Thank you Fireship for sharing these amazing tips.
My fav vs code items.
Code Auto formatters -> helps to write clean code.
Bracket Pair Colorizer -> JS was never so easy
Everything has a UI and a JSON file (settings, shortcuts, etc)
I wish they had one for snippets, I hate modifying all those lines in these arrays...
4:40 Use F2 instead of installing an extra extension.
Even works for all the languages like React,JS and TS
You can even use it on regular variables too!
Love you guys .. this video made my life so much easier 💖