🔍 VS Code Extension: Dynamic Error Code Lookup
This Visual Studio Code extension provides hover-based explanations for error codes and keywords from:
- 🧠 StackOverflow (live top questions)
- 📚 Official documentation (HTTP, TypeScript, Node.js errors)
Just hover over any error code or keyword in your code, and instantly see relevant explanations and links.
✅ Features
- 🌐 Live StackOverflow search for any hovered word
- 📘 Official documentation links for:
- HTTP status codes (e.g.
404 )
- TypeScript compiler errors (e.g.
TS2345 )
- Node.js system errors (e.g.
ERR_STREAM_DESTROYED )
- ⚡ Fast caching for repeated queries
- 🛠 Works in:
- JavaScript (
.js )
- TypeScript (
.ts )
- JSON (
.json )
- Plain text (
.txt )
🚀 How to Use
- Install the extension from the VS Code Marketplace
→ Search: error-code-lookup by DivyarajMakwana
- Open any supported file (
.js , .ts , .json , .txt )
- Hover on any error keyword or code (like
TS2345 , 404 , or ERR_STREAM_DESTROYED )
- See a tooltip with:
- Top StackOverflow results
- Official documentation links
- Descriptive info or quick summaries
💡 Pro Tip
This extension helps you stay in flow—skip the search engine and resolve common coding errors with a hover.
🔗 Developed by Divyaraj Makwana
🛠 Powered by VS Code API, Axios, and live documentation crawlers
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