Re:Why I wrote 33 VSCode extensions and how I manage them
by fabiospampinato on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @09:17AM
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> "we have an extension for this file type!"
There's a setting for disabling that, arguably these sort of annoyances should be easier to eliminate though.
IMHO the plugins per-se are one of VSCode's strengths, you can find plenty of high-quality ones, and the APIs are good enough that making your own is overall a pleasant experience. What sucks is the Marketplace [1]: 1. searching is basically broken 2. the downloads count, and therefor the ranking system, is skewed towards extensions publishing lots of updates.
There's a setting for disabling that, arguably these sort of annoyances should be easier to eliminate though.
IMHO the plugins per-se are one of VSCode's strengths, you can find plenty of high-quality ones, and the APIs are good enough that making your own is overall a pleasant experience. What sucks is the Marketplace [1]: 1. searching is basically broken 2. the downloads count, and therefor the ranking system, is skewed towards extensions publishing lots of updates.
[1] https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/42890