For some reason, programmers really like white-on-black text.

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If you prefer white-on-black text…

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… then select a different color theme via the Code > Preferences > Color Theme menu item:

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I use a light theme such as “Light (Visual Studio)”.

Colored Tabs

The "indent-rainbow” extension gives colored tabs. These make it easier to read ifs inside function, and ifs inside ifs, and so forth.

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