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🚀 CodeStarter

Automatic Starter Templates for Popular Programming Languages

Write less. Start faster.

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✨ What is CodeStarter?

CodeStarter is a lightweight VS Code extension that automatically inserts useful starter templates whenever you create a new file in supported programming languages.

Perfect for:

  • 👨‍💻 Students
  • ⚡ Competitive programmers
  • 🚀 Fast prototyping
  • 💼 Multi-language developers

Just create a file → CodeStarter detects the language → boilerplate appears instantly.


🚀 Supported Languages

Language Status Template Included
C++ Competitive-ready template
Python main() structure
Java public class Main
JavaScript Simple main() function
HTML Full HTML5 boilerplate
More 🔄 Coming...

📸 Screenshot

Here is CodeStarter in action:

CodeStarter Demo


🧩 Example Templates

🟦 C++ Template

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

int main() {
    ios::sync_with_stdio(0);
    cin.tie(0);

    // your code here

    return 0;
}

🟨 Python Template

def main():
    pass  # your code here

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

🟧 Java Template

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // your code here
    }
}

📦 Installation

🔵 From VS Code Marketplace

👉 https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=supanbeingroy.codestarter-sroy

Or inside VS Code:

Extensions → Search "CodeStarter"

🔧 Manual (VSIX File)

  1. Download from Releases
  2. VS Code → Extensions
  3. Install from VSIX

🛠 Development Setup

git clone https://github.com/Supan-Roy/codestarter.git
cd codestarter
npm install

Run in development mode:

F5

❤️ Contribute

PRs and suggestions are welcome! Feel free to:

  • Add new language templates
  • Improve existing templates
  • Suggest features
  • Report issues

Help CodeStarter grow into the best coding starter extension. 🚀


📜 License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2025 Supan Roy

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.


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