README.md

Visual Studio Code

Open source IDE supported by Microsoft very fast and with support for a lot extensions.

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• .. Software
• Download
• Extensions
• Tips
  • Show whitespaces
  • Sticky scroll
  • Enabling Source Link
• HotKeys (Shortcuts)
  • Edit
  • List
• Visual Studio Code for .NET

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Tips

Show whitespaces

This tip it's very useful to when you are create yaml files or programming python to see the code indentation

1. Go Settings
2. Search the configuration: editor.renderWhitespace
3. Change to All

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Sticky scroll

We this feature, you have the context to where you are in the code because the sections stick at the top, e.g. a class definition, method definition, markdown headers, etc.

1. Go Settings
2. Search the configuration: sticky
3. Select the option Edit > Sticky Scroll

Enabling Source Link

Visual Studio Code has debugger settings configured per project in the launch.json:

"justMyCode": false,
"symbolOptions": {
    "searchMicrosoftSymbolServer": true,
    "searchNuGetOrgSymbolServer": true
},
"suppressJITOptimizations": true,
"env": {
    "COMPlus_ZapDisable": "1",
    "COMPlus_ReadyToRun": "0"
}

Equivalence in visual studio

Original source of the tutorial .NET Blog

Hotkeys (Shortcuts)

Edit

Menu > File > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts

List

Comments

• Ctrl + K Ctrl + C : Add line comment (editor.action.addCommentLine)
• Ctrl + K Ctrl + U : Remove line comment (editor.action.removeCommentLine)

Capitalization

• Ctrl + Shift + U : Transform to uppercase (editor.action.transformToUppercase) Modified by me
• Ctrl + U : Transform to lowercase (editor.action.transformToLowercase) Modified by me

Files

• Ctrl + Shift + S : Save All (saveAll) Modified by me

Duplicate line

• Ctrl + D : Copy line current line to down (editor.action.copyLinesDownAction) Modified by me

Selection

• Alt + Click with mouse : Multiple cursors to write in multiple lines in the same time. Press esc to exit. Same with vim
• Shift + Alt + Up Arrow : Cursor column select up (cursorColumnSelectUp) Modified by me
• Shift + Alt + Down Arrow : Cursor column select down (cursorColumnSelectDown) Modified by me
• Shift + Alt + Right Arrow : Cursor column select right (cursorColumnSelectRight) Modified by me
• Shift + Alt + Left Arrow : Cursor column select left (cursorColumnSelectLeft) Modified by me