vscode-javascript-extensions vs vscode-gremlins

vscode-javascript-extensions

VS Code extension examples written in in JavaScript (by robole)

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Gremlins tracker for Visual Studio Code: reveals invisible whitespace and other annoying characters (by nhoizey)

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vscode-javascript-extensions		vscode-gremlins
	Project
1	Mentions	3
24	Stars	179
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	7.1
over 1 year ago	Latest Commit	11 days ago
JavaScript	Language	JavaScript
MIT License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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vscode-javascript-extensions

Posts with mentions or reviews of vscode-javascript-extensions. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-06-16.

Write a VS Code extension in JavaScript, not TypeScript ^
7 projects | dev.to | 16 Jun 2021

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vscode-gremlins

Posts with mentions or reviews of vscode-gremlins. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-02-23.

2 projects | /r/programminghorror | 23 Feb 2022

Visuo studio has a plugin for detecting those invisible characters. https://github.com/nhoizey/vscode-gremlins You should look for one for your IDE.
Smuggling hidden backdoors into JavaScript with homoglyphs and invisible Unicode characters
1 project | /r/webdev | 10 Nov 2021

PHPStorm detects \u3164 "HANGUL FILLER" but VS Code does not. I tried using the Gremlins plugin, but looks like it currently doesn't detect this confusable. Is there any alternative plugin or setting in VS code to help detect these characters?
Expectations for Generics in Go 1.18
6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Oct 2021

On VSCode, I use the Gremlins extension which highlight all those suspicious characters.
https://github.com/nhoizey/vscode-gremlins

What are some alternatives?

When comparing vscode-javascript-extensions and vscode-gremlins you can also consider the following projects:

openvsx - An open-source registry for VS Code extensions

awesome-vscode - 🎨 A curated list of delightful VS Code packages and resources.

vscode-playwright-snippets - 📋 A Visual Studio Code extension which adds predefined useful code snippets for Playwright

go - The Go programming language

vscode-extension-samples - Sample code illustrating the VS Code extension API.

proposal - Go Project Design Documents

GlassIt-VSC - VS Code Extension to set window to transparent on Windows platform.

zio-prelude - A lightweight, distinctly Scala take on functional abstractions, with tight ZIO integration

vscode-2077-theme - Cyberpunk 2077 inspired theme for visual studio code

Discord-Tools - VSCode extension allowing the integration of a Discord chat, bot templates, snippets, themes and more!

vscode-markdown-pdf - Markdown converter for Visual Studio Code

Nim - Nim is a statically typed compiled systems programming language. It combines successful concepts from mature languages like Python, Ada and Modula. Its design focuses on efficiency, expressiveness, and elegance (in that order of priority).