Dryco is a VS Code extension which can help users to write efficient code by detecting and refactoring similar block of code.
Dryco helps im keeping the code DRY(Don't Repeat Yourself), reliable and readable by shifting all repeated blocks of code in one file and importing them in target files.
After cloning this repo, open it in VSCode and install all npm dependencies or packages by running these commands on console:
npm install
npm run compile
After installing the required dependencies press F5 key and type VS Code Extension Development in search bar and press Enter key or you can can press CTRL + F5 or go to the debug menu in VS Code Sidebar and select Run Extension.
Above operation will open the Extension Development Host and can be used to test the extension.
To run extension press CTRL+SHIFT+P and type Detect Clone to run the extension.
This will select all structurally similar code and provide VS Code Diagnostics with Warning.
Diagnostics also contains the locations of all the other instances of the same block of code in all the files of current directory.
User can also use the Quick Fix code action provided to move the block of code in utilFunctions.js file (If it does not exists, it creates a new file with this name). It removes all the instances of this block and adds an import statement at the required places.
Initial release of dryco
Happy Hacking!
