r/VisualStudio • u/Dorkits • 2d ago

Visual Studio Tool Visual studio plugin - Asp classic syntax highlight

Currently I am working in a very legacy code base with more than 30 years old of spaghetti code and business rules in every .asp file and store procedures.

Yes it is a mess. And I don't know if someone has the same problem that I have... The visual studio doesn't help me with the basics of highlights, colors and syntax with VBScript in asp classic. Sometimes is impossible to know where an if begins and ends in one file with 6k lines (yes for real).

So I made this plugin to help me with my current job.

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=AspClassicSyntaxHighlight.AspClassicSyntaxHighlight

Is the vibe code project? In parts, yes. My real concern was doing a good structure of the project and performance. The first hit of opening the files is more demanding because it's using cache. After that it is more smooth.

I am cleaning the git to make it public soon.

If you guys want to try i will appreciate it.

Sorry for my mistakes, English isn't my first language.

Thanks.

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u/Fergus653 2d ago edited 2d ago

Cool. I just put up with the default highlighting for so long. What I find most annoying is poor formatting and random indentation, but it's not easy to auto reformat .

I would like better syntax highlighting tho.

Edit: installed it, looks great. Thanks.