Coding Statistics is a Visual Studio Code extension that tracks your coding activity and sends the statistics to a custom API. Ideal for developers who want to monitor their productivity, editor usage, and file management.
⚙️ Features
Lines Written: Tracks the number of lines of code written.
Characters Typed: Counts the number of characters typed in your code.
Files Created: Monitors the number of files created during your coding sessions.
Total Editor Usage Time: Tracks how long you've spent coding in the editor.
Automatic Data Submission: Sends your statistics to the API automatically when VS Code is closed.
Email Authentication: Links your statistics to your user email for easy identification.
Reconnection Logic: Automatically tries to reconnect to the API if the connection drops.
Status Bar Interaction: Click the statistics display in the VS Code status bar to open the web dashboard with your coding stats.
🔧 Setup
Email Verification: When using the extension for the first time on a new machine, you will need to verify your email.
Git Configuration: Ensure that your Git configuration has a user.email set, as the email is required for authentication.
🐞 Known Issues
The email capture may fail if your Git configuration (user.email) is not set.
📦 Release Notes
1.2.1
Added reconnection logic to handle temporary API outages more gracefully.
Clicking the status bar display now opens the web dashboard with your personal statistics.
Added image preview of the stats dashboard in the README.
1.1.2
Introduced email-based authentication for better security.
1.0.3
Fixed a bug where switching branches caused inaccurate tracking.
1.0.2
Added display of statistics in the VS Code status bar for quick viewing.
0.0.2 – 0.0.3
Improvements to the counting mechanism for lines and characters written.
0.0.1
Initial release with the following features:
Tracks lines written, characters typed, and files created.
Tracks total coding time.
Automatic submission of stats to the custom API on VS Code shutdown.
📬 Feedback
Have suggestions, questions, or found a bug?
Feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request!
✨ Contribution
We welcome contributions to improve the extension. Please fork the repository, make changes, and submit a pull request!
