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10 Essential VS Code Tips & Tricks for Greater Productivity

Safdar Ali on August 25, 2024

Did you know that 73% of developers worldwide rely on the same code editor? According to the 2023 Stack Overflow Developer Survey, Visual Studio Co...
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Rich Goldman

Forgive me for asking, but the plot of users is a little sus. How can the first row be 73%, while the next 4 rows together add up to 100% on their own? Shouldn't these all be parts of one single total? e.g. all the rows summed should equal 100%. I shouldn't end up with 273% (or whatever it works out to).

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Wasi Master

People can and do use multiple editors

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Safdar Ali

❤️

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Safdar Ali

If you found my content helpful or interesting, and you’d like to show your appreciation, why not buy me a coffee? It’s a small gesture that goes a long way in helping me keep creating more content for you.

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Matthew Bidewell

The survey allowed for multiple choices

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Arafat Hossain Ar

That's something useful. Thanks!

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Safdar Ali

If you found my content helpful or interesting, and you’d like to show your appreciation, why not buy me a coffee? It’s a small gesture that goes a long way in helping me keep creating more content for you.

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Safdar Ali

Glad to hear that❤️

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Tomas Stveracek

Great article! I really like the tips, especially the multi-cursor feature – it saves me so much time.

I also wrote a post with more shortcuts and tricks for both DevTools and VS Code that might add to your tips: Boost Your Productivity with These Essential Developer Shortcuts in DevTools and VS Code

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Alexander Walsh

I think I love this 'Crtl + K Z'

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Safdar Ali

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Safdar Ali

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Anibal Cuevas

Good article. Learned some new tricks, thanks!

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Safdar Ali

If you found my content helpful or interesting, and you’d like to show your appreciation, why not buy me a coffee? It’s a small gesture that goes a long way in helping me keep creating more content for you.

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Safdar Ali

Glad to hear that!

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Hadil Ben Abdallah

That's useful. Thanks! 💙

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Safdar Ali

If you found my content helpful or interesting, and you’d like to show your appreciation, why not buy me a coffee? It’s a small gesture that goes a long way in helping me keep creating more content for you.

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Safdar Ali

Glad to hear that!

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Tabish

I forgot Zen mode exists . and found Peek definition helpful.

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Safdar Ali

If you found my content helpful or interesting, and you’d like to show your appreciation, why not buy me a coffee? It’s a small gesture that goes a long way in helping me keep creating more content for you.

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Felix Neto

Tops

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Safdar Ali

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Safdar Ali

Great!!!

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Safdar Ali

Subscribe to my YouTube Channel if you find it helpful! Subscribing is free, and it will motivate me to stay active here. 😊

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Theme of vscode banner ?