Poorly formatted code can make it difficult to understand the code’s structure, follow the code’s logic, and detect errors. It affects code readability, maintainability, and even the speed of debugging. After doing this final step, no matter which formatter you choose, your files should be formatted automatically.Code formatting is an essential aspect of software development. You can now either choose Prettier, or the built-in Astro formatter. Now VSCode should offer you some options as to which formatter to use. You should see a symbol like this:Ĭlick on this icon. With your Astro file open, check the bottom of your VSCode window. If it doesn’t work yet, there might be another step involved (which has been the case for me). Open your Astro file that you want to format and press CTRL + S to save and see if it works.Add the following lines to your settings file: "": Code language: JavaScript ( javascript ).This will open your VSCode settings file. Type ‘ settings‘ and select ‘ Preferences: Open Settings (JSON)‘.Open the Command Palette ( View -> Command Palette or Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + P).Make sure the Prettier extension for VSCode is installed.Now we need to tell VSCode which formatter to use for our Astro files: Inside your project folder, run the following command: npm install -D prettier-plugin-astro Code language: Bash ( bash ) Configure VSCode for Astro / Prettier Auto Formatting To enable it, make sure the following line is present in your settings.json file: "editor.formatOnSave": true,Ĭode language: JSON / JSON with Comments ( json ) Installing Prettier-Plugin-Astro To be able to automatically Format Astro Files in VSCode with Prettier, you have to make sure format on save is enabled. For this, we use the prettier-plugin-astro NPM package. To make it work, we need to install an extension in our Astro project first. Unfortunately, Prettier does not work with Astro files out of the box. Format Astro Files in VSCode with Prettier In this blog post, I’m going to show you how to format Astro files in VSCode with Prettier. This can be really helpful if you’re working on a project with multiple developers, because everyone’s code will look the same. Prettier is an opinionated code formatter that takes your code and reformats it so that it conforms to a set of style rules.
That’s why I use Prettier to format my Astro files. If you’re like me, you want your code to look as clean and consistent as possible.
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