Visual Studio Code Marketplace Extensions - Feb 2020

Visual Studio Code Marketplace Extensions

The first post is below

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ptcloud_visual-studio-code-code-editing-redefined-activity-6629341468987400192-aoMh

So we start with Visual Studio Code no extensions installed

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Visual Studio Code Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Tools installed from the Extensions Marketplace

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Once installed the editing view of the ARM Template now looks like this, ARM functions are colour coded

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The extension also contains all the ARM functions

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And any variables you have specified

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So as you can see just one extension installed already can make the JSON template easier to work with you can then explore the Extensions Marketplace to find other tools

The ones I use so far are:

  • Rest CLI
  • PowerShell
  • GitHub Pull Requests

You will see the extensions have how many times it has been downloaded and many cases a rating from previous users.

Next post I will try to cover basic GitHub, though recommend spending more time with a Cloud Guru / Pluralsight course for deeper understanding

Paul Trotman

Paul Trotman