10 essential tips to supercharge VS Code and code faster (0 to 100)

95% of developers are just wasting VS Code’s potential.

It has so many hidden gems that upgrade your productivity and quality of life — but they’re not using them.

Use these 10 solid tips to gradually supercharge VS Code and code faster: with powerful extensions, little-known keyboard shortcuts, beautiful fonts & colors, and so much more.

1. First things first

Starting with the essentials.

Learn important keyboard shortcuts

You will code so much faster once you learn these

• Highlight code left & right with Shift + Left / Right

• Copy line without highlighting with Ctrl + C

• Move line up / down with Alt + Up / Down