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Visual Studio Code for Web Developers

1h 21m 17s
English
Paid

A great code editor is a crucial addition to any web developer's arsenal of tools. In this course, learn how to make the most of Visual Studio (VS) Code—the powerful code editor from Microsoft—when working with web-based projects.


Joe Marini kicks off the course by taking you through the app's user interface, and showing how to work with its basic editing features. Next, Joe demonstrates how to customize VS Code by configuring preferences, setting your own keyboard shortcuts, and working with snippets. He also explains how to maximize your productivity by installing and managing extensions from the Visual Studio Marketplace. Plus, he discusses how VS Code works with folders and collections of files, helps you understand the IntelliSense feature, and dives into the app's advanced code editing features, such as automatic formatting.

Topics include:

  • Installing Visual Studio Code
  • The VS Code UI
  • Understand how VS Code works with built-in Git integration
  • Customizing VS Code
  • Configuring preferences
  • Setting keyboard shortcuts
  • Using extensions
  • Working with snippets
  • Using VS Code to edit different parts of the same file
  • Using multiple selections
  • Understanding how VS Code works with JSON files

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#1: Welcome
All Course Lessons (23)
#Lesson TitleDurationAccess
1
Welcome Demo
01:16
2
Using the exercise files
00:50
3
Installing Visual Studio VS Code
01:49
4
The VS Code UI
04:06
5
Basic editing
03:58
6
The integrated terminal
02:27
7
Integrated Source Control
04:01
8
Configuring preferences
05:12
9
Setting keyboard shortcuts
03:03
10
Using extensions
02:59
11
Essential extensions
05:46
12
Working with snippets
05:00
13
Color and icon themes
02:44
14
Files, folders, and projects
03:48
15
Side by side editing
01:51
16
IntelliSense
03:59
17
Finding and replacing
03:17
18
Editor features
03:27
19
Web code editing
07:30
20
Navigating code
02:24
21
Using multiple selections
03:50
22
JSON and schemas
07:07
23
Next steps
00:53
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