Double your coding speed

Your problem solving skill is good but still your coding speed is slow. Do you know why? I’ll tell you why… cause you have never focused on learning shortcuts. But trust me, shortcuts are the best thing in software development. Once you learn a couple of shortcuts, you will literally enjoy your coding. In this article I’m going to give you 10 beautiful VS Code shorts.

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1. Quickly delete a word instead of deleting char by char

Windows: Ctrl+Backspcae
Mac: Alt+Delete

2. Quickly move to the Git control bar

Windows: Shift+Ctrl+G
Mac: Shift+Ctrl+G

3. Easily move a line up or down

Windows: Alt+Up (to move up) and Alt+Down (to move down)
Mac: Opt+Up (to move up) and Option+Down (to move down)

4. Quickly comment a line or a section of code

Windows: Ctrl+/
Mac: Cmd+/

tips: You can use the same command to uncomment the same line

5. Quickly open the terminal

Windows: Ctrl+J
Mac: Cmd+J

tips: You can use the same command to close the terminal

6. Quickly split an editor

Windows: Ctrl+\
Mac: Cmd+\

7. Quickly go to function definition

Windows: F12
Mac: F12

tips: If you are debugging your code and you want to quickly go to a function definition from the a parent function, you can follow the following steps:
i. Place your cursor in the child function
ii. Do Ctrl+\ or Cmd+\ to split window
iii. In the newly created window hit F12

8. Quickly toggle between any split editor

Windows: Ctrl+[1-9]
Mac: Cmd+[1-9]
For example: Ctrl+2 moves to the 2nd window and if there is no 2nd window, it will create one.

9. Quickly toggle the side bar

Windows: Ctrl+B
Mac: Cmd+B

10. Quickly search for a file in the same workspace

Windows: Ctrl+P
Mac: Cmd+P

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