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VS Code Tip of the Day

VS Code Tip of the Day

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Daily productivity tips for Visual Studio Code, enhancing your coding experience one tip at a time
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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VS Code Tip of the Day

Enhance your VS Code productivity with daily tips! This extension delivers curated tips about VS Code features, shortcuts, and best practices directly to you through VS Code's notification system.

Features

  • 🎯 Daily VS Code tips to improve your coding workflow
  • ⌨️ Keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Alt+T / Cmd+Alt+T) to show tips on demand
  • 🎲 Random tip feature to discover something new
  • 📚 Navigate through tips
  • ⏰ Configurable startup time for daily tips
  • 🔧 Flexible notification system that doesn't interrupt your workflow

How to Use

  1. Daily Tips: By default, you'll receive a tip notification when VS Code starts (after your configured hour)
  2. On-Demand Tips: Press Ctrl+Alt+T (Cmd+Alt+T on macOS) to see the current tip
  3. Navigation:
    • Use the "Show Next Tip" command to see the next tip
    • Use the "Show Previous Tip" to review earlier tips
    • Try "Show Random Tip" to discover something new

Commands

  • Show Tip of the Day: Display the current daily tip
  • Show Next Tip: Navigate to the next tip
  • Show Previous Tip: Go back to the previous tip
  • Show Random Tip: Display a random tip
  • Dismiss Tip for Today: Skip today's tip
  • Disable Tips: Turn off tips permanently

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

  • tipOfTheDay.enabled: Enable or disable Tip of the Day
  • tipOfTheDay.showOnStartup: Show tip when VS Code starts (default: true)
  • tipOfTheDay.startupHourLocal: Only show tips after this hour (24-hour format, local time)

Release Notes

1.0.0

  • Initial release
  • Daily VS Code productivity tips
  • Configurable notification system
  • Navigation commands for tips
  • Keyboard shortcut support
  • Customizable startup settings
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