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10 Must-Have VSCode Extensions for Web Development 👀💻

Shubham Bhosale — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 16:50:36 +0000

Visual Studio Code stands out as one of the most widely used source code editors, boasting over 136k stars on GitHub. Its popularity is attributed to its lightw
eight design, flexibility, open-source nature, simplicity, and extensibility.

When it comes to extensibility, Visual Studio Code offers thousands of extensions that you can install to enhance your developer productivity and automate routine tasks. These extensions are readily available in the Visual Studio Code marketplace, with the majority being free of charge.

In this article, we'll delve into 09 powerful Visual Studio Code extensions that significantly enhance the web development experience. Each extension is accompanied by examples of usage and links for easy installation.

1. Prettier

Prettier is a useful tool that automatically formats your code using opinionated and customizable rules. It ensures that all your code has a consistent format and can help enforce a specific styling convention in a collaborative project involving multiple developers.

2. ESLint

ESLint is a tool that finds and fixes problems in your JavaScript code. It deals with both code quality and coding style issues, helping to identify programming patterns that are likely to produce tricky bugs.

3. GitLens

GitLens is another powerful extension that helps you take full advantage of Git source control in Visual Studio Code.

4. Live Server

The Live Server extension for VSCode starts a local server that serves pages using the contents of files in the workspace. The server will automatically reload when an associated file is changed.

5. CSS Peek

The CSS Peek Extension lets you quickly view the CSS style definitions for various class names and IDs assigned in HTML.

6. Intellisense for CSS Class Names in HTML

This extension can work hand in hand with CSS Peek, it provides code completion for the HTML class attribute from existing CSS definitions found in the current Visual Studio Code workspace.

7. JavaScript (ES6) Code Snippets

As the name suggests, this is an extension that comes fully loaded with heaps of time-saving code snippets for JavaScript, in ES6 syntax.

8. Visual Studio Intellicode

Artificial Intelligence continues to increase worker productivity in various jobs, and developers are not left out. IntelliCode is a tool that produces smart code completion recommendations that make sense in the current code context. It does this using an AI model that has been trained on thousands of popular open-source projects on GitHub.

9. VSCode Icons

Icon packs are available to customize the look of files of different types in Visual Studio Code. They enhance the look of the application and make it easier to identify and distinguish files of various sorts.

VSCode Icons is one the most popular icon pack extensions, boasting a highly comprehensive set of icons and over 11 million downloads.

Certainly! Feel free to explore and choose resources that suit your preferences. If you decide to purchase a course on platforms like Udemy or Coursera, go ahead and start your learning journey!

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07 Best Movies for Software Developers

Shubham Bhosale — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 04:48:04 +0000

If you're on the lookout for great movies centered around programming, software development, and technology, I've put together a list of my favorite films for programmers and developers.

1) Inception (2010)

One of the best sci-fi movies I have watched in recent times. It reminds me a bit of the Matrix, except in people’s minds. I don’t quite think it lives up to its hype, but it’s definitely a good movie. Leonardo DiCaprio plays a thief who steals corporate secrets from sleeping minds.

2) The Social Network (2010)

This movie is a story about the founders of the social-networking website, Facebook. One of the best movies I have watched in the last couple of years. You just need to be a little bit patient though, the start is not so exciting, but once you watch 5 or 10 minutes, you will either love it or just switch it off. I have friends who have watched this movie more than 10 times already.

3) 23

A 1998 movie is a must-watch for programmers. The plot of this movie (23) is based on the true story. It is about a group of young computer hackers from Hannover, Germany. The movie ’23 is directed by Hans-Christian Schmid.

4) Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999)

This movie is about the early rise of Microsoft and Apple Computers. It tells the story of early careers and professional lives of several key people, the film depicts several events that led to the personal computer revolution. The main characters are men that most have heard of at some time or another and include Steve Jobs (Noah Wyle) and Steve Wozniak (Joey Slotnick) on the Apple side and Bill Gates (Anthony Michael Hall) and Steve Ballmer (John DiMaggio) at Microsoft.

5) The Matrix (1999)

This was one of the first Computer programming sorts of the movie which I watched on my teen-age. It was also the one that inspired me a lot. Now I have watched all three Matrix movies, i.e. The Matrix Trilogy, but this is simply the best.

6) The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

I love the whole Matrix series. In this movie, Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus lead a revolt against the Machine Army unleashing their arsenal of extraordinary skills & weaponry against systematic forces of repression and exploitation.

7) A Beautiful Mind (2001)

One of the best Sci-Fi movies I have watched. It has also got 4 Academy or Oscar Awards. This winner of 4 Oscars, including Best Picture, stars Russell Crowe as a brilliant mathematician on the brink of international acclaim who becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy.

Thanks for taking the time to read this article, everyone. If you enjoyed these movies, consider sharing them with your friends and colleagues.

If you know of any other movies centered around computer programmers, feel free to share them with us in the comments.

FREE Resources to Learn Web Development

Shubham Bhosale — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 14:08:39 +0000

There's a wealth of free content on web development available today. You just need to explore the right places to find what suits you. Luckily, I've already compiled a list of these excellent free resources, so you don't have to search for them on your own!

Fundamentals of Web Development

MDN Web Docs

How the Web Works (3 Part Series):

How the Web Works: A Primer for Newcomers to Web Development

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

React

Node.js/Express

API

https://rapidapi.com/learn

MongoDB (NoSQL Database)

Git and GitHub

MERN Stack

Next.js

Everything

freeCodeCamp: This website literally has everything! DSA too!

Certainly! Feel free to explore and choose resources that suit your preferences. If you decide to purchase a course on platforms like Udemy or Coursera, go ahead and start your learning journey!

If you ever need assistance, don't hesitate to reach out to me on Instagram.