I use the OS X Style | Flat & Dark
Brackets theme throughout most of the course.
Autosave Files on Window Blur
to automatically save files when leaving the Brackets app.
Brackets Icons
to display colorful filetype icons in the filetree.
I use the Oceanic Next
theme with the dimmed bg option. Link →
For each of the extensions, read the overview page in order to learn how to use it.
Auto Close Tag
to automatically close HTML tags. Link →
Auto Rename Tag
to automatically change matching HTML tags. Link →
Color Highlight
to, as the name says, highlight colors in CSS. Link →
Paste and Indent
to automatically indent pasted code. Link →
Path Intellisense
to autocomplete filenames. Link →
Prettier
to automatically format code. Link →
If you want your editor to work and look exactly the same way as mine does in the course videos, you can copy these settings to your own settings file. Just go to settings in VSCode, and on the right side, you can paste this code.
{
"workbench.colorTheme": "Oceanic Next (dimmed bg)",
"files.autoSave": "onFocusChange",
"editor.minimap.enabled": true,
"workbench.statusBar.visible": true,
"workbench.activityBar.visible": true,
"editor.formatOnSave": false,
"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
"statusBar.background": "#333333",
"statusBar.noFolderBackground": "#333333",
"statusBar.debuggingBackground": "#263238"
},
"editor.fontSize": 16,
"css.validate": false,
"scss.validate": false,
"less.validate": false,
"editor.wordWrap": "on"
}