🍷 Design Concept & Philosophy

Burgundy Pro was engineered for developers who demand aesthetics, precision, and comfortable contrast during prolonged coding sessions.

Many red-based themes suffer from harshness and aggressive saturation that cause eye strain. Burgundy Pro avoids excessive red by anchoring the interface in deep charcoal-burgundy tones, layering wine-red interactive surfaces, and balancing syntax with soft rose blush, warm amber, pistachio sage, and gentle lavender.

Key Highlights

• Deep Burgundy Identity: Refined, bespoke background tones (#1A1015 / #160D12).
• Wine-Red Accent System: Signature status bar (#702D45), active tabs (#321923), and buttons.
• Superior Syntax Readability: Balanced semantic contrast tuned for 20+ programming languages.
• Zero Visual Fatigue: Validated with a 14.32:1 WCAG AAA contrast ratio.
• Two Tailored Variants: Choose between Burgundy Pro (deep & rich) and Burgundy Soft (velvety & gentle).

🎨 Theme Variants & Previews

1. Burgundy Pro

The flagship edition with deep, rich burgundy contrast and glowing rose highlights.

2. Burgundy Soft

A softer, muted charcoal-burgundy edition created specifically for extended, marathon coding sessions.

💎 The Color Palette

Core Workbench Surfaces

Syntax Highlighting System

🚀 Language Support

Comprehensive, fine-tuned token and semantic styling is provided across:

• Web & JavaScript: JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, React (JSX / TSX), Vue, Svelte, JSON, YAML.
• Styling: HTML5, SVG, XML, CSS3, SCSS, SASS, PostCSS, Less.
• Backend & Enterprise: C#, ASP.NET Core, Razor, Blazor, PHP, WordPress, Python, Java, C++, Go, Rust.
• Data & Shell: SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL, T-SQL), Bash, Zsh, PowerShell.
• Documentation: Markdown, MDX, LaTeX, Git Commit messages.

⚙️ Recommended VS Code Settings

For the ultimate Burgundy Pro experience, add the following to your settings.json:

{
  "workbench.colorTheme": "Burgundy Pro",
  "workbench.iconTheme": "vs-seti",
  "editor.fontFamily": "'JetBrains Mono', 'Fira Code', 'Cascadia Code', Consolas, monospace",
  "editor.fontSize": 14,
  "editor.lineHeight": 1.6,
  "editor.fontLigatures": true,
  "editor.bracketPairColorization.enabled": true,
  "editor.guides.bracketPairs": "active",
  "editor.cursorBlinking": "smooth",
  "editor.cursorSmoothCaretAnimation": "on",
  "editor.smoothScrolling": true,
  "editor.renderWhitespace": "selection"
}

📦 Installation

Option 1: Via VS Code Extension Marketplace

1. Open Visual Studio Code.
2. Press Ctrl + Shift + X (or Cmd + Shift + X on macOS) to open the Extensions tab.
3. Search for Burgundy Pro.
4. Click Install.
5. Press Ctrl + K, Ctrl + T to choose between Burgundy Pro and Burgundy Soft.

Option 2: Via Quick Open

1. Press Ctrl + P (or Cmd + P on macOS).
2. Paste the command:

   ext install shamsulhaq08.burgundy-pro
   

3. Press Enter.

Option 3: Manual VSIX Installation

1. Download or build the burgundy-pro-1.0.2.vsix package.
2. In VS Code, open the Extensions view (Ctrl + Shift + X).
3. Click the ... menu (Views and More Actions) in the top-right corner.
4. Select Install from VSIX... and select the .vsix file. Or install via terminal:

   code --install-extension burgundy-pro-1.0.2.vsix
   

🛠️ Marketplace Publishing Guide

To publish or update this extension to the Visual Studio Marketplace:

1. Verify your Publisher Account: Ensure you have created publisher shamsulhaq08 on marketplace.visualstudio.com/manage.

2. Generate a Personal Access Token (PAT):

   • Go to dev.azure.com.
   • Create a token under Personal Access Tokens with scope: Marketplace (Manage).

3. Package the Production VSIX:

   npm run package
   

4. Upload to Marketplace:

   • Method A (Web UI): Navigate to marketplace.visualstudio.com/manage, click New Extension > Visual Studio Code, and drag & drop burgundy-pro-1.0.2.vsix.
   • Method B (CLI):

     npx @vscode/vsce login shamsulhaq08
     npx @vscode/vsce publish
     

📄 License

This theme is licensed under the MIT License.