A collection of tips, tricks, and advanced techniques to boost your productivity in VS Code
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VS Code is already a powerful editor out of the box, but with the right configuration and knowledge of its features, you can supercharge your development workflow.
In this unit, you’ll learn practical tips and tricks that will help you:
- Configure VS Code for optimal development
- Master the integrated terminal
- Use advanced editing features like regex search and replace
- Set up automatic code formatting with Prettier
- Configure language-specific settings
- Use Emmet for lightning-fast HTML/CSS authoring
- Debug your code efficiently
These tips come from real-world development experience and will help you become more productive with VS Code.