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Locking editor panes in Visual Studio Code prevents unwanted multi-tab experiences
When using the Edge DevTools for VS Code extension inside the editor, one thing that I kept doing wrong was opening files accidentally next to the tools. By default, the tools show up as their own pane next to the main editor. This is an editor pane of VS Code, and thus supports many things, […]
Using console.log() on any website? Logpoints let you do that!
If you want to know the value of a certain expression in any JavaScript on the web, you can use logpoints for that. It is like injecting a console.log() anywhere you want. Here’s a quick demo: Here’s how the demo works: Open https://codepo8.github.io/dog-browser/ in the browser Open Developer Tools, go to the Sources tool Locate […]
Quick tip: creating round “talking heads” videos in Screenflow
Adding your face in a small circle to videos has become fashionable lately and some extensions do that automatically for you. Good old Screenflow, which I’ve used for years now, has no masking option though. But you still can achieve round videos using a setting and learning that screenflow’s sliders are weird. By default, Screenflow […]
Published on TikTok, but Kompressor does not dance
Visual Studio Code now has a TikTok channel and they asked me if I wanted to contribute, so here you are: @vscode A look under the hood ##vscode ##techtok ##codetok ##programming ##edutok ♬ original sound – Visual Studio Code A 20 second video of me explaining that I like VS Code a lot as it […]
[Video] Learn how to debug web projects end-to-end in VS Code in 5 minutes
This weekend I released a video on the YouTube Channel of Visual Studio Code that shows end-to-end web project debugging. In five minutes I walk through debugging a web project bit by bit: I open a project inside VS Code by opening its folder. The demo used is a simple, plain Vanilla JS/CSS/HTML ToDo app […]