vscode/settings.json to source control to make sure everyone uses the same extension to format the code.vscode/settings.json 1
To use the Prettier we have just installed from VSCode we need to install the Prettier VSCode extension:īecause you might have global settings related to code formatting, I prefer having in each repository a file with local workspace VSCode settings. The second project uses more modern style without semi-colons and with trailing commas. Here are settings I am using in the first project to make it look "traditional" ES5 projectA/.prettierrc.json 1 Prettier tries to enforce the same code style without 100s of options, thus there are just a few settings you can change. So when I edit projectA/.prettierrc.json file, I get intelligent tooltips. In fact, VSCode understands the Prettier configuration file format via the built-in json schema. I like using JSON configuration format so my code editor helps me. In my example I have two subfolders, and there is a configuration file in each subfolder: 1 Npm install -save-dev -save-exact prettierĪt the root of the project create the Prettier configuration file. I assume you are using NPM and have package.json file inside the repository. In reality, each of your repos will have its style I am using subfolders in order to keep the example simple. The demo repo bahmutov/prettier-config-example has two subfolders, each with its distinct code style, enforced by Prettier. Not every project uses the same code style, thus it is important to respect the style of whatever project you are currently working in. When setting up Prettier it is important to configure it per-project.
This blog post shows how to configure Prettier to work from command line, from VSCode and from Git hooks. This allows you to get a consistent formatting without thinking or arguing about it. If this is not the case or you wish to use another version of yapf, all you need to do is configure the path as follows either in the User or Workspace settings file: "": "c:/yapfPath/yapf.exe"Ĭustom arguments can be passed into yaps by configuring the settings in the User or Workspace settings as follows: " can configure JavaScript code auto-formatting with Prettier to work per-project. You can configure the format provider by changing a setting in the User or Workspace settings file as follows: "": "yapf" If this is not the case or you wish to use another version of autopep8, all you need to do is configure the path as follows either in the User or Workspace settings file: "8Path": "c:/path/autopep8.exe" If this cannot be found, then the formatter will be resolved based on the current environment Path settings. As the Extension will resolve the path to the formatter based on Python executable being used or configured in python.pythonPath of settings.json. Pip install -upgrade autopep8 Custom Path You can configure the format provider by changing a setting in the User or Workspace settings file as follows: "": "autopep8" However Mac/Linux paths are also supported. PathsĪll samples provided here are for windows. Auto Formattingįormatting the source code as and when you save the contents of the file is supported.Įnabling this requires configuring the setting "editor.formatOnSave": true as identified here. The default code format provider is autopep8. Code formatting is supported using either one of yapf or autopep8.