Configure Visual Studio Code (VSCode)

List some extensions I get used to using.

General

Font

Download FiraCode font

font family setting: ‘Fira Code Retina’, Monaco, ‘Courier New’, monospace’

Theme

• One Dark Pro: An awesome theme!
• vscode-icons: A set of good-looking icons for folders and files.

Comments

• Better Comments: Highlight comments.

Run code

• Code Runner: Run a single file on the spot conveniently with shortcut key control + option + N in MacOS.

  How to edit its executor map:

  1. Click the gear icon in the lower right corner
  2. Click Settings - Open Settings (JSON) icon
  3. Edit in settings.json

  An available executor map:

  {
      "code-runner.executorMap": {
          "javascript": "node",
          "java": "cd $dir && javac $fileName && java $fileNameWithoutExt",
          "c": "cd $dir && gcc $fileName -o $fileNameWithoutExt && $dir$fileNameWithoutExt",
          "cpp": "cd $dir && g++ -std=c++2a $fileName -o $fileNameWithoutExt && $dir$fileNameWithoutExt",
          "objective-c": "cd $dir && gcc -framework Cocoa $fileName -o $fileNameWithoutExt && $dir$fileNameWithoutExt",
          "php": "php",
          "python": "python3 -u",
          "perl": "perl",
          "perl6": "perl6",
          "ruby": "ruby",
          "go": "go run",
          "lua": "lua",
          "groovy": "groovy",
          "powershell": "powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -File",
          "bat": "cmd /c",
          "shellscript": "bash",
          "fsharp": "fsi",
          "csharp": "scriptcs",
          "vbscript": "cscript //Nologo",
          "typescript": "ts-node",
          "coffeescript": "coffee",
          "scala": "scala",
          "swift": "swift",
          "julia": "julia",
          "crystal": "crystal",
          "ocaml": "ocaml",
          "r": "Rscript",
          "applescript": "osascript",
          "clojure": "lein exec",
          "haxe": "haxe --cwd $dirWithoutTrailingSlash --run $fileNameWithoutExt",
          "rust": "cd $dir && rustc $fileName && $dir$fileNameWithoutExt",
          "racket": "racket",
          "scheme": "csi -script",
          "ahk": "autohotkey",
          "autoit": "autoit3",
          "dart": "dart",
          "pascal": "cd $dir && fpc $fileName && $dir$fileNameWithoutExt",
          "d": "cd $dir && dmd $fileName && $dir$fileNameWithoutExt",
          "haskell": "runhaskell",
          "nim": "nim compile --verbosity:0 --hints:off --run",
          "lisp": "sbcl --script",
          "kit": "kitc --run",
          "v": "v run",
          "sass": "sass --style expanded",
          "scss": "scss --style expanded",
          "less": "cd $dir && lessc $fileName $fileNameWithoutExt.css",
          "FortranFreeForm": "cd $dir && gfortran $fileName -o $fileNameWithoutExt && $dir$fileNameWithoutExt",
          "fortran-modern": "cd $dir && gfortran $fileName -o $fileNameWithoutExt && $dir$fileNameWithoutExt",
          "fortran_fixed-form": "cd $dir && gfortran $fileName -o $fileNameWithoutExt && $dir$fileNameWithoutExt",
          "fortran": "cd $dir && gfortran $fileName -o $fileNameWithoutExt && $dir$fileNameWithoutExt",
          "sml": "cd $dir && sml $fileName"
      }
  }

Git

• git-commit-plugin: Type git commit with some templates and emojis.
• GitLens — Git supercharged: Reveiw git log graphically.

Markdown

• Markdown All in One: Markdown format especially for filling in spaces in tables
• markdownlint: Markdown lint and format.
• Markdown Preview Enhanced: Markdown preview.

Autocomplete

• Tabnine: An AI autocomplete tool whose full name is Tabnine AI Autocomplete for Javascript, Python, Typescript, PHP, Go, Java, Ruby & more.

Containers

• Dev Containers: Create containers environment such as Linux for development quickly.

Language

C++

• clangd: Awesome clang server with clang-format and clang-tidy.
• Cmake
• Cmake Tools

Python

• Python: IntelliSense (Pylance), Linting, Debugging (multi-threaded, remote), Jupyter Notebooks, code formatting, refactoring, unit tests, and more.
• Pylance: A performant, feature-rich language server for Python in VS Code
• isort: Sort imports automatically.