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Real Python

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A collection of tools to help writers for realpython.com
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Real Python Author Tools

This is a Visual Studio Code extension with a set of tools that will help authors for the Real Python blog.

open an issue on the repo here.

Setup

Just hit install!

If installing this extension directly from the repo, copy it into your local <user home>/.vscode/extensions folder and restart VS Code.

Works best with editor.tabCompletion enabled (on) in your VS Code Settings.

Snippet Usage

To access the list of snippets, use the ctrl+Space ande then simply type rp to start using any of the snippets. The full list of snippets is below.

This extension works best with editor.tabCompletion enabled (on) in your VS Code Settings.

Changelog

The full changelog can be found here.

Documentation

General Snippets

Prefix Output
rpcode adds a simple code block
rpcodeline adds a code block with line nums
rpcodehl adds a code block with highlighted lines
rpcodeall adds a code block with both line nums and highlighted lines
rpimg adds a simple img block
rpimgatr adds a img block with commonly used attributes
rpimgeall adds an img block with all attributes
rpdir adds an example file directory block
rpalert adds an alert box
rpwarn adds a warning box
rpnote adds a note box
rpcollapse adds a collapse box
rpexercise adds an exercise block
rpquote adds a quote block

Quizzes Snippets

Prefix Output
rqtext adds a text input question block
rqselect adds a multi-choice single answer question block
rqmulti adds a multi-choice multi-answer question block
rqcode adds a python based answer question block

Release Notes

2018.12.0

  • Added in the Quiz Snippets

Future Development

  • [x] Create Quiz Snippets
  • [ ] Add command to create new post template
  • [ ] Possibly Spelling/Grammar support
  • [ ] Add command to upload changes to CMS
  • [ ] Add command to create new article (Git & CMS)

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