You can use Maven to download dependencies of Java packages without creating a Java project. For example, if you want to download all dependencies of arrow-jvm and arrow-memory and build everything into a single fat jar (for easy use in other places), you can first crate a file pom.xml …

I have heard about TeXstudio for a long time. I tried it today on a Debian virtual machine. It works like a charm. I like the preview function a lot. Using inline preview, you can see compiled result while you are typing. It works even with user-defined commands. This is …

Places to Find Extensoins

Visual Studio Code Marketplace and Open VSX Registry are 2 places to find VSCode compatible extensions.

Install VSCode Extensions from Command-line

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34286515/how-to-install-visual-studio-code-extensions-from-command-line/34339780#34339780

Install Code-Server Extensions from Command-line

If you install extension in Dockerfile using root, the extensions are installed …

Steps to Build a pex Environment File

1. Start a Python Docker image with the right version of Python interpreter installed. For example,

   docker run -it -v $(pwd):/workdir python:3.5-buster /bin/bash
   

2. Install pex.

   pip3 install pex
   

3. Build a pex environment file.

   pex --python=python3 -v pyspark findspark -o …

There are 2 ways.

1. Format the Python code using black, which will automatically convert single quotes to double quotes when applicable. (Note that you can format the code again using yapf if you want the code to formatted by yapf finally.)

2. Use the tool myint/unify to help you.

There are 2 approaches to develop remotely in Visual Studio Code. The first way is to leverage the extension pack Remote Development. For more details, please refer to Remote Development with VS Code and VS Code Remote Development.

The second (prefered) approach is to leverage cdr/code-server. For more details …