Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code is the most popular code editor worldwide, offering extensive extensibility, built-in Git integration, and a rich ecosystem of AI coding extensions. As a VS Code power user, I customize it with AI tools and extensions for maximum productivity.
Overview
Visual Studio Code has become the de facto standard for modern software development, combining the simplicity of a text editor with powerful IDE features. Its extensibility enables developers to create custom AI-enhanced workflows tailored to their needs.
My VS Code Experience
I use VS Code as my primary development environment, enhanced with AI extensions like Cline, GitHub Copilot, and language-specific tools. My setup includes custom keybindings, workspace configurations, and synchronized settings across machines.
AI Extensions
I enhance VS Code with Cline for autonomous coding, GitHub Copilot for autocomplete, Continue for local LLMs, Prettier for formatting, ESLint for linting, and language-specific AI assistants.
Productivity Setup
My VS Code configuration includes Vim keybindings, multi-cursor editing, custom snippets, task automation, integrated terminals, and Git workflows.
Key Strengths
VS Code excels at extensibility, performance, cross-platform support, active community, Microsoft backing, Git integration, and remote development capabilities.
Applications
Perfect for web development, backend services, cloud development, data science, mobile development, DevOps, open-source contributions, and learning programming.