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Environment & tools for Coding & Note taking.

• Requirements:

  • Light Weight: Not too slow; do not have to be so powerful
  • Programming languages: C/C++, python, markdown, js, go
  • Platform: Win10, ios

• Options:

  • Coding

  IDE	Pros(+)	Cons(-)	Comments
  IDE	Pros(+)	Cons(-)	Comments
  ✔️ VSCode	- LightWeight - Plenty of Plugins (Extensions) - Markdown editor	Lack of C/C++ compiler?	Nice
  VS	Powerful	- Complicated setup - Slow	Auxiliary
  Sublime	Compatible Plugins: Trello, Evernote	Experience: not amazed	Maybe

  • Note Taking

  App	Pros(+)	Cons(-)	Comments
  ✔️ OneNote	Free	Messy layout	Trying
  Google drive	Free, Sync, Compatibility	Search?	Maybe 1
  Evernote	Simple & Clean	Limited device, $	Maybe 2
  Bear	Mac & ios only	Markdown

  • Blogging

  Framework	Language	Pros(+)	Cons(-)	Comments
  ✔️ Hugo	Go	- learn Go - Bright Future?	Less Chinese resource	Will Try, (support emoji?)
  Hexo	Node.js	- learn js (front-end, vue?) - Plenty Chinese resources (from Taiwan!) - support emoji - vscode plugin		Maybe 1
  Jekyll	Ruby	Most popular blog framework	Slow	Tried

VSCode

• Tutorial:
  • ⭐️開開心心學 Visual Studio Code: Installation, layout, Git, Extensions, Debugging

Compiler

Since there is no built-in C/C++ compiler in VSCode, here are some options:

• VSCode Setup: File/Preference/settings.json

// 64-bit cmd if available, otherwise 32-bit
"terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe"
// 64-bit PowerShell if available, otherwise 32-bit
"terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe"
// Git Bash
"terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\Program Files\\Git\\bin\\bash.exe"
// Bash on Ubuntu (on Windows)
"terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\bash.exe"

• Ref: https://dotblogs.com.tw/tom5707/2017/03/02/165726

Extensions

• Coding
  • C/C++ ms-vscode.cpptools
  • Native Debug
  • Shell launcher
  • x86 and x86_6 4Assembly: highlight assembly code
• Markdown
  • markdownlint
  • Markdown Preview Github Style: With white background preview
  • Markdown TOC: Create table-of-content
  • Markdown Table Prettifier: Format markdown table
  • Markdown Emoji
• Tools
  • Git History
  • Code Spell Checker

Shell launcher

• Usage: Open multi terminals.
• Comment: Don’t need to restart/switch between terminals. Pretty useful to me.

• How to:

  • Install:
  • Download extension
  • File/Preference/settings.json, add:
    

      "shellLauncher.shells.windows": [
            {
                "shell": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe",
                "label": "cmd"
            },
            {
                "shell": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe",
                "label": "PowerShell"
            },
            {
                "shell": "C:\\Program Files\\Git\\bin\\bash.exe",
                "label": "Git bash"
            },
            {
                "shell": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\bash.exe",.
                "label": "WSL Bash"
            }
        ]
  

  • Run: (every time)
  • press CTRL + ALT + `: (show on the top)
  • then they will be opened. (below terminal section)

• Ref: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43427631/how-to-add-multiple-terminal-in-vs-code

markdownlint

• Usage: Check md rules.
• Comment: A good way to learn md. 😃
• How to:

    "markdownlint.config": {
        "MD013": false,
        "MD004": {"style":"sublist"},  //Use different symbols in different levels
        "MD033": {"allowed_elements":["br"]}  //Using html tag (line break) without Warning
    }

Notes

• Shortcuts:
  • Toggle menu bar (top): ALT, if it disappears 😂
  • Multi-line editing: CTRL+ALT, to select multi-cursors ref.
• Emoji Cheat sheet

@TODO

• Notes for: Gits (w/ Youtube tutorials), C, assembly
• Install GDB (Debugger)
• Change bash to Zsh?
• Learn Vim!?: Change Keybinding (Can be started from here)