Like many developers, I used to think of VS Code primarily as a slick code editor – great for writing, debugging, and managing projects. It’s a fantastic tool, no doubt, but my perspective shifted ...

VS Code’s settings can be a labyrinth to spelunk through and modify. It’s even less fun if you’re looking for the same settings time and again, to toggle them on or off depending on the case.

The popularity of VS Code -- barely 2-1/2 years old -- has been further chronicled in many other venues, also. For example, in a recent PYPL ranking of IDEs, it came in at No. 11 despite being a code ...