vscode-settings

Package contains recommended vs-code editor settings and recommended extensions, for enhancing developer productivity & better developer experience

Features

• vscode-settings can be installed both as local or global package
• flexibility to use single source of settings and extensions across all their VS Code instances & projects
• provides vscode settings for better developer experience
• recommends community suggested extensions
• automatically detects the installation path

Installation

npm install -g @amittksharma/vscode-settings

It is advisable to use install this packages dev-dependency to any other project

npm install @amittksharma/vscode-settings

Usage

• Install the package either globally or locally using the above commands
• Package will automatically detects the installation path
• There are two options to consume this packages
  • Globally installed package will update user settings
    • Extends the VS Code user settings with the settings from the packages
  • Locally installed package will update workspace settings
    • Create a .vscode folder in project root folder
    • Create a settings.json file
    • Create a extensions.json file
• It is important to note that when the package is installed globally, the package works with the assumption that vscode is installed at the following locations for specific underlying operating systems:

| S.No | Operating system | Location | | ---- | ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1. | darwin (Mac) | ${homedir}/Library/Application Support/Code/User/settings.json | | 2. | linux | ${homedir}/.config/Code/User/settings.json | | 3. | windows | ${homedir}/AppData\Code\User\settings.json |

• The package will override the existing settings or extension files

Supported Extensions

| S.No | Extension | IsDefault | | ---- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | | 1. | Better Comments | Yes | | 2. | Bookmarks | Yes | | 3. | Code Spell Checker | Yes | | 4. | Code Snap | Yes | | 5. | CodeMetrics | No | | 6. | DotEnv | Yes | | 7. | Eslint | Yes | | 8. | Git History | Yes | | 9. | Git Lens | Yes | | 10. | Path Intellisense | Yes | | 11. | Prettier - Code formatter | Yes | | 12. | Rest Client | Yes | | 13. | Todo Highlight | Yes | | 14. | Task Explorer | Yes |

License

• MIT