“html-escape” – a contributor’s story about Visual Studio Code extension

Have you ever find yourself typing ‘Escape html online‘ in Google search?

I’ve had 🙂

Recently I got tired of these searches and decided to look for an extension to Visual Studio Code, which I use for writing. This is where I met html-escape by Raymond Camden.

I used it for quite awhile a come up with some ideas of how to make it better. The problem was, these improvements required significant design changes. This has made me decide to start contributing.

In this post I invite you to join me in making these design changes. We will take a look at existing application feature set, get acquainted with some of Visual Studio Code concepts and theory, discuss application requirements, create application design (no architectural diagrams) and then literally implement all existing application features fitting them into our design.

Interested? Then let’s start.