VSCode Can Do That?!

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Requirements

• Visual Studio Code (download link)
• Git (download link) (verify with git --version in command line)

Agenda

1. Introduction

See slides

• What is Visual Studio Code?
• Why use Visual Studio Code?

2. The Basics

See basics.md

• GUI Navigation
• File Navigation
• Command Pallete

3. Editing Code

See edit.py

• Basics
• Useful Tricks (commenting/indenting blocks of code, expand selection, etc ...)
• Multi-Cursor Editing
• Advanced Tricks (transform, sort, transpose, etc ...)

4. Navigating Code

See navigate.js

• Code folding
• Go to Definition/Symbol/Line
• Go Back/Forward
• Language Features
• Intellisense
• Linting
• Formatting
• Refactoring (renaming)
• Searching

5. "Real World" Example

See example.py

• Python Language Features via Extension
• Running Code
• Debugging Code
• Git Integration
• Code Snippets
• Tasks.json, Launch.json
• Code Quality (linting, format on save, trim whitespace on save, etc ...)

6. Customization

See customizaztion.md

• Themes
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Settings

7. Extras

See extras.md

• Extensions
• Remote Development
• Additional Resources