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Introduction

Visual Studio Code (commonly referred to as VS Code) is a free source code editor developed by Microsoft. It can be downloaded here. It supports a variety of file types and can be used to work with TUFLOW control files. The TUFLOW plugin provides highlighting support. Thanks to Daniel Copelin for creating the TUFLOW plugin. One feature of VS Code is that it includes an explorer window from a root folder, so it is easy to navigate the files within a project.
Thousands of free plugins exist for VS Code and some of them are useful when working with TUFLOW models.

Useful Plugins

In addition to the TUFLOW plugin, some useful plugins for working with TUFLOW include:

• Open File by Frank Stuetzer or similar:

• Right-click on a filename and open it in a new window.

• Path Autocomplete by Mihai Vilcu:

• Adds auto-complete when it determines a filename is being written. For this feature to work, set the 'triggerOutsideStrings' to true (as described in the plugin details).

From the file menu, choose File\Preferences\Settings. Then select 'path-autocomplete' under 'Extensions'.

Toggle on the 'Trigger Outside Strings' in the settings on the right.

• Geo Data Viewer by Random Fractals inc:

• Has the ability to view a map of GIS layers right inside of VS Code. This is helpful for double checking that the layer looks correct without loading it into a GIS application.