Step 3: VS Code Setup

[kevinmccartney]

User Stories

AS a WTP engineer I WANT TO have optional recommendations for VS Code extensions SO THAT I can opt into the same tool stack as other engineers

AS a WTP engineer I WANT TO have base configuration for VS Code SO THAT the essential functions of my IDE match with other engineers

AS a WTP engineer I WANT TO have optional configuration for VS Code SO THAT I can configure more advanced IDE workflows

AS a WTP engineer I WANT TO have workspaces for each WTP project SO THAT I can apply workspace settings for each project

Functional Requirements

• The following plugins are recommended
  • ue.alphabetical-sorter
  • kisstkondoros.vscode-codemetrics
  • streetsidesoftware.code-spell-checker
  • eamodio.gitlens
  • Gruntfuggly.todo-tree
  • deerawan.vscode-faker
  • aaron-bond.better-comments
  • nhoizey.gremlins
  • esbenp.prettier-vscode
  • dracula-theme.theme-dracula
  • PKief.material-icon-theme
  • johnpapa.vscode-peacock
  • oderwat.indent-rainbow
  • accessibility-snippets.accessibility-snippets
  • dsznajder.es7-react-js-snippets
  • formulahendry.auto-rename-tag
  • stylelint.vscode-stylelint
  • kamikillerto.vscode-colorize
  • ms-python.vscode-pylance
  • ms-python.python
  • dbaeumer.vscode-eslint
  • hashicorp.terraform
  • redhat.vscode-yaml
  • tonybaloney.vscode-pets
• Name shared base configuration as settings.json
• Name optional configuration as optional-settings.json
• Add workspaces for each project
• Populate custom dictionaries

TODO

• [ ] Remove the root workspace dir

Notes

• https://betterprogramming.pub/my-7-recommended-settings-for-visual-studio-code-96fbd9f5e21a
• https://dev.to/bhagatparwinder/top-10-vs-code-settings-1bkm
• https://javascript.plainenglish.io/top-10-advanced-vs-code-settings-for-senior-developers-46e348351bd6
• https://dev.to/softwaredotcom/vs-code-settings-you-should-customize-5e75

[kevinmccartney]

Make linter run on type not save