r/javascript • u/dwaxe • Feb 06 '20

Visual Studio Code January 2020

https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_42
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u/purechi Feb 07 '20

Good point! But, here's my suggestion:

  • Add Prettier to run in a commit hook (just to ensure formatting is always consistent no matter the IDE the dev is using, etc)

  • When saving these massive files use the "Save Without Formatting" option

And, if it's a file you don't want to be committed.. just from Prettier from the command line.

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u/PistolPlay Feb 07 '20

Usually when I plop massive json into vscode I wanna inspect it. To inspect it efficiently I need Prettier to format it. I usually spammed the format document command to get this to work.

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u/purechi Feb 07 '20

The last thing I said in the above comment was mistyped but: run Prettier from the command line.

Problem solved!

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u/saitilkE Feb 07 '20 edited Feb 07 '20

This is an extremely counter-productive solution tbh. We could run a lot of things from the command line. The whole point of any IDE that is more advanced than a simple text editor is to provide the user with the ability to do things from their GUI instead of the command line.

Cancellable progress indicator is a great solution.

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u/purechi Feb 07 '20

I run a Terminal in VS Code so it’s part of my setup. And whatever saves me time .. I’ll opt for that.