A Video Tip About NativeScript Snippets

This is another time-saving tip for NativeScript developers. If you aren't using NativeScript Core and NativeScript Angular snippets in…

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This is another time-saving tip for NativeScript developers. If you aren't using NativeScript Core and NativeScript Angular snippets in Visual Studio Code, then you are missing out. In this short video tutorial on snippets, I show you which extensions to get and how to use them.

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See that? That's all it takes to create entire markup structures in NativeScript markup. Just start by typing ns and the suggestions for UI widgets will pop up.

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If you like this style of video tutorials, you might like our courses. The latest Hands-on UI course is a pretty popular starting point for those starting out learning NativeScript and how to work with UI.

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Alex lives in Washington, DC. He's a speaker, trainer, and a Telerik Developer Expert. He's been invloved in NativeScript projects since 2015 and has created courses for Pluralsight and LinkedIn.

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