{"id":4390,"date":"2018-04-11T23:55:12","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T18:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahmadawais.com\/?p=4390"},"modified":"2023-08-16T06:03:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T13:03:28","slug":"shades-of-purple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahmadawais.com\/shades-of-purple\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Bold New VSCode Theme: Shades of Purple \ud83e\udd84"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m super excited to launch my new purple Visual Studio Code theme called \u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/marketplace.visualstudio.com\/items?itemName=ahmadawais.shades-of-purple\">Shades of Purple<\/a> (SOP) \u2014 it includes hand-picked &amp; bold shades of purple \u2014 purple can be genius. <a href=\"https:\/\/ShadesOfPurple.pro\/more\">Now available for 15+ software <\/a>dev tools. Used by close to four million developers.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"postcontents full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marketplace.visualstudio.com\/items?itemName=ahmadawais.shades-of-purple\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ddwva799xzrph.cloudfront.net\/items\/1S3J0I0p2t3I303D0r24\/SOPv2-1920x1080-Small-Slow-2mb.gif\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd84 Shades of Purple \" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<section class=\"postcontents wrapper\">\n<h2><strong><code>Shades of Purple (SOP)<\/code><\/strong><br \/>\nA professional theme with hand-picked &amp; bold shades of purple to go along with your VS Code.<\/h2>\n<p><em>BTW. As you might have read in my <a href=\"https:\/\/ahmadawais.com\/2017-developer-advocacy-helping-developers\/\">2017 year-in-review<\/a> post, I&#8217;m also launching a course to help you become a <a href=\"https:\/\/VSCode.pro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VSCode Power User \u2192<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udc9c EXCITED to launch my new VS <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/code?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Code<\/a> theme \u2192 Shades of Purple (SOP) \u2014 includes hand-picked &amp; bold shades of purple \ud83e\udd84<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 HERE \u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uSItlDl7ne\">https:\/\/t.co\/uSItlDl7ne<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfa9 Used by 250+ devs<br \/>\ud83c\udf1f 10+ ratings <br \/>\ud83d\udca5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L65xmpCw8q\">https:\/\/t.co\/L65xmpCw8q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also<br \/>\u2705 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SlackHQ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SlackHQ<\/a> <br \/>\u2705 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/iTerm2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#iTerm2<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Hyper?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Hyper<\/a><br \/>\u2705 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alfredapp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AlfredApp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude4c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5aSLkBYm5d\">pic.twitter.com\/5aSLkBYm5d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ahmad Awais (@MrAhmadAwais) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAhmadAwais\/status\/983398087711485953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"video-demo-installation\">Video Demo &amp; Installation<a href=\"#video-demo-installation\" class=\"heading-link\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Watch the following video on YouTube to learn more about the Shades of Purple theme. Learn how to install it and a little bit about its features, like markdown editing \u2014 which&#8217;s quite pretty awesome with SOP.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"postcontents full\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/264515452?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"postcontents wrapper\">\n<p>Easy Installation<\/p>\n<p>1. Open the extensions sidebar on Visual Studio Code<br \/>\n1. Search for <strong>Shades of Purple Theme<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Click <strong>Install<\/strong> to install it.<br \/>\n1. Click <strong>Reload<\/strong> to reload your editor.<br \/>\n1. Code\/File \uff1e Preferences \uff1e Color Theme \uff1e <strong>Shades of Purple<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"best-custom-vscode-theme-settings\">Best Custom VSCode Theme Settings!<a href=\"#best-custom-vscode-theme-settings\" class=\"heading-link\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>This theme works best with the following settings. Especially if you have the Operator mono font, add it to your user settings JSON object.<\/p>\n<p><em>You can also use a custom <a href=\"https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/ahmadawais\/shades-of-purple-vscode\/master\/images\/logo.png\">VSCode Shades-of-Purple icon<\/a> that I created based on the work of amazing designer Dhanish called <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/dhanishgajjar\/vscode-icons#how-to-install\">VSCode Icons<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<pre><code data-language=\"javascript\">{\r\n\/\/ Theme Setup.\r\n\"workbench.colorTheme\": \"Shades of Purple\",\r\n\"workbench.iconTheme\": \"vscode-icons\",\r\n\"editor.fontFamily\": \"Operator Mono, Menlo, Monaco, 'Courier New', monospace\",\r\n\"terminal.integrated.fontFamily\": \"'Operator Mono', 'Inconsolata for Powerline', monospace\",\r\n\"editor.fontSize\": 17,\r\n\"editor.lineHeight\": 24.65,\r\n\"editor.letterSpacing\": 0.5,\r\n\"editor.fontWeight\": \"400\",\r\n\"editor.fontLigatures\": true,\r\n\"editor.cursorStyle\": \"line\",\r\n\"editor.cursorWidth\": 5,\r\n\"editor.cursorBlinking\": \"solid\",\r\n\"editor.renderWhitespace\": \"all\",\r\n\"editor.snippetSuggestions\": \"top\",\r\n\"workbench.startupEditor\": \"newUntitledFile\",\r\n\"editor.glyphMargin\": true,\r\n\"workbench.editor.enablePreview\": false,\r\n\"explorer.confirmDragAndDrop\": false,\r\n\"files.trimTrailingWhitespace\": true,\r\n\"files.trimFinalNewlines\": true,\r\n\/\/ Formatting Optional.\r\n\"editor.formatOnSave\": true,\r\n\"prettier.eslintIntegration\": true,\r\n\"eslint.run\": \"onType\",\r\n\"eslint.autoFixOnSave\": true,\r\n\/\/ MacOS Only Settings.\r\n\"workbench.fontAliasing\": \"auto\",\r\n\"terminal.integrated.macOptionIsMeta\": true,\r\n\"workbench.statusBar.feedback.visible\": false,\r\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Get all my configurations in this five-hour video course <a href=\"https:\/\/VSCode.pro\/\">VSCode.pro<\/a>. Interested?! Sign up to become a <a href=\"https:\/\/VSCode.pro\/\">VSCode Power User<\/a> \u2192<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Put <code>Shades of Purple<\/code> In Other Places!<\/p>\n<p>I have built other SOP themes for different software. Here&#8217;s a list.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83d\udc9c <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ahmadawais\/shades-of-purple-vscode\">VSCode theme<\/a> \u2014 Shades of Purple<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc9c <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ahmadawais\/shades-of-purple-iterm2\">iTerm2 theme<\/a> \u2014 Shades of Purple<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc9c <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ahmadawais\/shades-of-purple-hyper\">Hyper\u2122 theme<\/a> \u2014 Shades of Purple<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc9c <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ahmadawais\/shades-of-purple-konsole\">Konsole theme<\/a> \u2014 Shades of Purple<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc9c <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ahmadawais\/shades-of-purple-slack\">Slack theme<\/a> \u2014 Shades of Purple<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc9c <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ahmadawais\/shades-of-purple-alfred\">Alfred theme<\/a> \u2014 Shades of Purple<\/li>\n<li>\ud83e\udd84 <a href=\"https:\/\/ShadesOfPurple.pro\/more\">15+ software dev-tools<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"license-attribution\">License &amp; Attribution<a href=\"#license-attribution\" class=\"heading-link\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Licensed<\/strong> as MIT \u24d2 [Ahmad Awais](https:\/\/AhmadAwais.com\/). Thanks to the VSCode team at Microsoft for creating such an awesome code editor. Also, to the creator of other high-contrast themes that served as an inspiration. This theme takes inspiration from many VSCode themes, including but not limited to Cobalt themes by Roberto Achar, Ayu, Palenight themes, Dracula themes, etc. And Icons8 for the icons in this readme.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Say \ud83d\udc4b on Twitter @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrahmadawais\/\">MrAhmadAwais \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve just released a bold new custom theme for Visual Studio Code called Shades of Purple \u2014 which is also available for Slack, AlfredApp, Konsole, iTerm2, Hyper\u2122, etc. In just two days of the theme launch, more than 500 developers are using it. Which is completely unexpected and humbling at the same time. 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