Visual Studio Code Distilled Visual Studio Code Distilled
Visual Studio Code Distilled: Evolved Code Editing for Windows, macos, and linux Alessandro del sole Cremona, Italy ISBN-13(pbk):978-1-4842-4223-0 ISBN-13( (electronic):978-1-4842-4224-7 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4224-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018965198 Copyright o 2019 by Alessandro Del Sole part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of or This work is subject to copyright All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation computer software or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed Trademarked names, logos, and images may appear in this book. 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Introducing Visual Studio Code.mme......e.O When and why visual studio code ,, Installing and configuring visual Studio Code……,,, 2356 Installing visual studio Code on Windows Installing visual Studio Code on macOs. stalling visual Studio Code on Linux……,… ocalization Support......n. ■Dm 12 Updating Visual Studio Codemmnannnnnmm Previewing Features with Insiders builds Summary… Chapter 2: Getting to Know the Environment mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 19 The Welcome Page ■Dm The code editor 21 Reordering, Resizing, and Zooming Editor Windows ..m.mm.mem.m.m.me.m.m.. 22 The status bar…123 The Activity bar…… 24 www.allitebooks.com TABLE OF CONTENTS The side bar 26 The Explorer bar 26 The search tool ■■ The git bar 32 The Debug Bar. 34 The extensions bar 35 The settings Button Navigating Between Files nmmmmenannnememntnaneameenonnimtmtmnnn 36 The command palette The panels area The problems panel The output Panel The Debug Console Panelemmmmmmm....m..nnD 4 Working with the Terminal 42 Summary ■重■重DDD重■重DB■重重D■重■重面DB重重DD图重重D重■重面DB重■重D■重■重DDBm 43 Chapter 3: Language Support and code Editing Features 45 Language Support 46 Working with Ct and c++ Basic Code editing Features 48 Working with Text 48 Syntax colorization Delimiter Matching and Text selection Code Block Folding Multicursors…152 Reusable Code Snippets mamameannmannaaneaaaneaannaa 52 Word completion 54 Minimap Mode 圈■DDa 55 TABLE OF CONTENTS Whitespace Rendering and Breadcrumbs…,,,…,,…156 Markdown preview 58 Evolved code Editing.mm.. sememe. Working with IntelliSense Parameter hints Inline Documentation with Tooltips. Go To Definition, m63 Find all references Peek Definition ■a Renaming symbols and identifiers.tnm. 67 Live Code analysis. Summary mmmaammmmmmmmmmnnnnnnnnmmnnn 76 Chapter 4: Working with Files and Folders Visual Studio Code and Project Systems ■a Working with Individual Files 78 Creating Files.mm.mmmmaameemmeaaemeeannaen File Encoding Line Terminators, and Line Browsing Working with Folders and Projects 82 Opening a Folder.mmmmnmnamnmcnmmnmnnnnnmnnmnm. 84 Opening. NET Core Solutions 86 Opening javascript and typescript projects .87 Opening Loose Folders..ammm.mmm.m.m.m.m.m..mem...........n....88 Working with Workspaces Creating Workspaces 91 Opening Existing Workspaces.................... 92 Workspace Structure. Summary....,…93 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 5: customizing visual studio code ■■■■■■■■■■■■口■国■■■口■■口■ 95 Customizations and Extensions Explained Customizing Visual Studio Code..mmmammmmmammmmmmmmmnmn.97 Theme selection Customizing the environment.mam.mne. Customizing Key bindings ,106 Summary 110 Chapter 6: Installing and Managing Extensions mmmm 111 Installing Extensions Extension recommendations m 115 Useful extensions… Managing EXtensions 118 Configuring EXtensions 120 Hints About Extension Authoring 122 Summary…22 Chapter 7: Source Control with Git maan 125 Source control in visual studio code Downloading other Source Control Providers ,126 Managing Repositories........................... 127 Initializing a Local Git Repository…… n128 Creating a Remote Repository 130 Handling File changes .mmmm Staging Changes......................... 134 Managing Commits Working with the Git command Line Interface..................137 TABLE OF CONTENTS Creating and managing branches mmmmmmmmmmm 138 Switching to a Different Branch.mma.mmnmamemmnmmmn 140 Merging from a branch.…… 140 Deleting Branches. ling power to the Git Tooling with Extensions 142 Git history mmm..mmemnnnnnannnaeneannnmemmnnnn 142 Gittens ■日重DD重 144 GitHub Pull Requests 148 Working with Azure DevOps and Team Foundation Server. Summary Chapter 8: Automating Tasks mmmmmmmmmm. 157 Understanding Tasks 158 Tasks Types n159 unning and Managing askS.,…,,…,…,…,,,15 9 The default build task 164 Auto-Detected tasks 164 Configuring tasks 166 Running Files with a Default Program 188 summary. Chapter 9: Running and Debugging Code mmmmmmmmmmmmmann 191 Creating Applications 191 Creating NET Core Projects 192 Creating Projects on Other Platforms…… 195 Debugging Your Code 重重面重重重■面重D面重a重■ 196 Configuring the Debugger.…,… 198 TABLE OF CONTENTS Managing Breakpoints 202 Debugging an application.…,,,………203 Supporting Azure, Docker, and Artificial Intelligence 207 Summary.. 209 Index 211