Compile Hero
Visual Studio Code Extension For Compiling Language
Overview:
The badge extension offers a convenient solution for compiling various file types such as less, sass, scss, styl, ts, tsx, jade, pug, and js. It provides features like Compile Hero, Compile on Save, Beautify on Save, and supports auto-prefixer, file minification, and code beautification.
Features:
- Compile Hero: Toggle on/off option in the status bar.
- Compile on Save: Automatically compiles files on save or using the right-click menu.
- Beautify on Save: Format documents for javascript, json, css, sass, and html.
- Partial Compilation: Select code blocks for partial compilation.
- Preview in Browser: Open html files to preview in the browser.
- Minify Files: Minify javascript and css files.
- Easy to Use: Generates compiled files in the same directory on ctrl+s save.
Summary:
The badge extension for Visual Studio Code provides a user-friendly solution for compiling various file types and offers features like Compile Hero, Compile on Save, Beautify on Save, and easy partial compilation. It simplifies the build process and eliminates the need for additional tools like gulp or webpack. The configuration settings enable customization of output paths and toggling compilation switches for different languages, enhancing the overall development experience.
- LESS
Less CSS is a dynamic stylesheet language that extends the capabilities of CSS, allowing developers to write cleaner, more modular, and reusable stylesheets with features like variables, mixins, and nested rules.
- SCSS
SCSS is a preprocessor scripting language that extends the capabilities of CSS by adding features such as variables, nesting, and mixins. It allows developers to write more efficient and maintainable CSS code, and helps to streamline the development process by reducing repetition and increasing reusability.
- Gulp
Gulp.js is an old but popular site building tool that automates various repetitive development tasks in web development, such as compiling Sass, minifying JavaScript, and optimizing images.
- Pug
Pug is a high-performance template engine for Node.js and browsers that enables developers to write HTML templates using a concise and intuitive syntax. It supports a range of features, including template inheritance, conditionals, loops, mixins, and more, and can be easily integrated into a variety of web frameworks and build tools.
- Typescript
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript, providing optional static typing, classes, interfaces, and other features that help developers write more maintainable and scalable code. TypeScript's static typing system can catch errors at compile-time, making it easier to build and maintain large applications.
