When I write HTML, I have Google Chrome open on one side and VS Code on the other. Then when I save, I go to Chrome and reload the page. However, how do I make it so that when I save my code, the page automatically reloads in Chrome?
Use a live server. One such option is the Live Server VS Code extension. You could also use the live-server NPM package or the live-server PyPI package.
There are plenty of options out there, just pick the best one for your needs.
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I want to use my IPad to code, but don't want to use the cloud to use VSCode. That's why I use Vscode.dev. I use my GitHub repository to access my files remotely.
Problem is:
When I try to view my HTML site I have no clue how to. All extensions with live servers or code runners are disabled in the web version and I can't click on the HTML file because it is in my repository on Github and not stored manually.
I also don't want to download the zip every time I want to preview my website. Is there any way I can see preview / run my website / code?
I have installed extension called live server in vs code, So that Till yesterday I could open my HTML file on browser directly from VS code through open with live server option , and if I performed any changes to code browser get automatically reloaded with new changes.
But now I need to always select open with live server option to see effects of updated code in my browser. Browser not automatically reloaded, manually reloading also doesn't have any effect.
Any buddy know solution please help me.
Watch this video it explains clearly https://youtu.be/wMmu_369n7c, Other wise install extension called SaveTyping by Michel Betancourt.
I am using Visual Studio Code in Mac to do web programming.
I see we could use shift+cmd+v to launch a preview and cmd+k v to launch a preview in a separate window.
But once we modify code and save it, does anyone know how to reload and update the preview (by shortcut by preference)? Additionally, is it possible to automate the updates?
Moreover, I have opened the Debug panel, once I click on the green button, it lets me Select Environment:
Does anyone know which one I should choose to debug client side HTML+JavaScript programs?
1.) The "Preview" you mention is for Markdown files. Its not supposed to render a proper HTML preview, that's why it doesn't work or refresh. As soon as you use it with Markdown files, it updates / refreshes as you type.
But there are a couple of HTML preview extensions in the marketplace, just search for "HTML Preview" and you should be able to find some.
2.) None of those options in your screenshot, VSCode does not ship with a client side debugger by default.
But you can install Debugger for Chrome which uses Chromes debugging protocol. Detailed instructions on how to use it are in the extensions README.
Assume that I have two monitors assigned to my pc. Now I want to get the preview of a web site while coding it. Is there anyway to do this?
eg:- Do the coding from sublime text from a one monitor and the meantime watch the output from the Firefox web browser.
I have used live.js for this more than once. It can work either as a bookmarklet or embedded on your page, and it works in any browser as it's not an extension. Also requires no other software to work.
The downside is it that it will flood your developer tools with HEAD requests every second or so to determine when to reload things. That's the cost of not having to install external software.
You can use the LiveReload plugin for SublimeText. It listens for changes to your code files and updates them in the browser in real time.
Also, do not forget to add the respective browser extension. That should save you from adding any scripts into your page.
You could use yeoman ( with Grunt or Gulp depends on which generator you want to use ).
I'm using Google Chrome Developers tool and console while developing and debugging my web applications.
I've some Chrome plugins/extensions installed. These plugins/extensions add extra markups and scripts in the pages while rendering them in the browser, and when I view my codes in the developers tool, makes it a lot messy.
I want a clean way to view my codes without those extra markups.
So is there a way to toggle (disable/enable) the plugins quickly, or in the best way, to disable them in a particular tab? I've several plugins/extensions installed and I don't think it's a good idea to disable and then re-enable them manually.
Besides, I may want to use a plugin/extension while I'm browsing other websites on other tabs simultaneously.
There's no mechanism to disable an extension for a specific tab, or specific host. You could hack something together via the management API that would disable extensions when you hit a specific URL, but that disabled state would be global, not local.
Extensions don't, however, run in Incognito mode (unless you explicitly whitelist them via a checkbox at chrome://extensions): that might be a decent workaround for you. Load your in-development site in Incognito, work with it there in a clean environment, and pop back into your regular window for normal browsing.
You could, of course, accomplish the same thing by setting up a specific profile for development in which you simply didn't install extensions.
These are workarounds, of course. You should feel free to file a feature request for more granular user-side control over when extensions are loaded: http://new.crbug.com/
Would running 2 separate instances of Chrome be of help for you?
(You can start 2 unrelated Chrome browser instances from a command line specifying different user directories: chrome --user-data-dir=userdata1 & chrome --user-data-dir=userdata2 )
I haven't tried it for your usecase, but it sounds reasonable.