

That means you don't have to download any extension for Git-based version control systems to work collaboratively on any project. VS Code comes with integrated version control with Git support in-the-box. Pressing Ctrl + Shift + \ will take your cursor to the closing bracket of the current section of code.ĭetailed Usage Integrated Version Controlĭon't remember all those git commands? No worries. Matching brackets will be highlighted as soon as the cursor is near one of them. You'll be taken to the imported/required module's function or object will take you to the origin file where the function is defined or object is declared.

You can jump to the definition with ctrl + click or open the definition to the side with ctrl + alt + click. js file imported into your currently open. Forgot how the exported module from your other. This comes in handy when your project grows. Although, some languages do need extensions to be downloaded from VS Code marketplace. IntelliSense for JavaScript is provided out of the box with some other languages too. You can trigger the IntelliSense in any editor window by typing Ctrl + Space or by typing the dot character (.) in JavaScript. IntelliSense basically offers code completions and quick info on the function's parameter list which means it will help you arrange your parameters which you pass when you call a function in the order in which the arguments are originally defined in the function's definition. I know the mess it becomes with all those Alt + Tab window or even desktop switches just to keep a terminal up and keep checking the output of your blood and sweat. You can then run npm installations or your node servers right from within VS Code.

Pressing Ctrl + ` will open a terminal in your workspace's directory. There are plenty of features but I'll share just those which have actually helped boost my productivity. You've already doubled your productivity.

