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VS Code extension that allows you to record and play back guided tours of codebases, directly within the editor.

17 mentions on Hacker News by 9 people: 4 stories, 13 comments · first 2020-03-21 · latest 2026-02-11

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  1. Somewhat related (and seems like a lot of folks don't know about) is VS Code's "Code Tour" feature: https://github.com/microsoft/codetour The best part is the ability to easily edit, delete, and re-order "tour points". Tours can either be…
    comment by eddyg · 2026-02-11 · in Show HN: CodeMic
  2. …way to get back into a session after being interrupted, was watching yourselve working on the code. https://github.com/microsoft/codetour Basically record the last 5 minutes of your work and replay as code tour.
    comment by qikInNdOutReply · 2022-09-01 · in Cognitive loads in programming
  3. The description here reminded me of CodeTour https://github.com/vsls-contrib/codetour > CodeTour is a Visual Studio Code extension, which allows you to record and playback guided walkthroughs of your codebases.
    comment by compressedgas · 2021-09-11 · in Ask HN: Is there an editor plugin/tool that lets me record a 'code journey'?
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    VS Code extension to record and playback guided tours of codebases
    story by saranshk · 2021-03-19 · 0 comments
  5. …name CodeTour based on git tag, hash or something. Edit: It actually can reference a git ref, WOW: https://github.com/microsoft/codetour#versioning-tours
    comment by kissgyorgy · 2021-03-19 · in CodeTour: VS Code extension to record and play guided walkthroughs of codebases
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    CodeTour: VS Code extension to record and play guided walkthroughs of codebases
    story by eddyg · 2021-03-17 · 55 comments
  7. …me thus far, and has the benefit of enabling me to share these walkthroughs with others as well: https://github.com/vsls-contrib/codetour .
    comment by lostintangent · 2020-05-09 · in Ask HN: What are your favorite developer-efficiency tips?
  8. Woah. The tour markers feature was really unexpected, that's a really clever approach. Great work! https://github.com/vsls-contrib/codetour/blob/master/README....
    comment by thanksforfish · 2020-04-16 · in Visual Studio Code Tours
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    Visual Studio Code Tours
    story by hliyan · 2020-04-15 · 2 comments
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    CodeTour: Record and playback guided walkthroughs of your codebases
    story by pcr910303 · 2020-04-05 · 0 comments
  11. …any feedback my way. I need all the help I can get in order to ensure this experience is awesome :) https://github.com/vsls-contrib/codetour
    comment by lostintangent · 2020-03-23 · in Ask HN: What projects are you working on now?
  12. …a codebase. This is partly why I haven’t based the tour definition experience on code comments: https://github.com/vsls-contrib/codetour/issues/38 . That said, I’m trying to keep an open-mind when it comes to increasing tour resiliency,…
    comment by lostintangent · 2020-03-22 · in Ask HN: What projects are you working on now?
  13. …Note: If anyone’s reading this, and has experience in Vim “extensibility”, I’d like to collaborate: https://github.com/vsls-contrib/codetour
    comment by lostintangent · 2020-03-22 · in Ask HN: What projects are you working on now?
  14. …my own itch), but I’m now working on a browser “player” and looking into GitHub integration ( https://github.com/vsls-contrib/codetour/issues/10 ). I love seeing other folks investing in this space. Thanks for sharing!
    comment by lostintangent · 2020-03-22 · in Ask HN: What projects are you working on now?
  15. Thanks! I’m keen to explore integration with GitHub in the near future ( https://github.com/vsls-contrib/codetour/issues/10 ), in order to provide a browser-based “player”. That way, the knowledge in the tour isn’t limited to any one…
    comment by lostintangent · 2020-03-22 · in Ask HN: What projects are you working on now?
  16. …what can be done here. Any feedback/interest from the community might help make this a reality :) https://github.com/vsls-contrib/codetour/issues/10
    comment by lostintangent · 2020-03-22 · in Ask HN: What projects are you working on now?
  17. …feedback from folks as they try it out. It’s also fully OSS, so I’d love any and all contributions: https://github.com/vsls-contrib/codetour .
    comment by lostintangent · 2020-03-21 · in Ask HN: What projects are you working on now?