Add exclude files to settings.json

[isaacabraham]

We should consider excluding folders from VS Code. This can be included in the settings.json file:

    "files.exclude": {
        ".vs": true,
        ".npmrc": true,
        ".paket": true,
        "**/bin": true,
        "**/obj": true,
        "**/output": true,
        "deploy": true,
        "node_modules": true,
        "paket-files": true,
        ".fantomasignore": true,
        "src/Client/postcss.config.js": true,
        "src/Client/vite.config.mts": true,
        "src/Client/tailwind.config.js": true,
        "src/Client/index.css": true,
        "src/Client/index.html": true,
    }

This is just an idea - the list above might be too much though. Certainly the first half of the list would be good to add - the second half might be more controversial ;-)

Before:

After:

[Larocceau]

I agree on excluding the first part of the list, second part not so much. I feel like those files tend to be a source of issues that can be fairly hard to pinpoint because they are in config files. For people not as familiar with the template hiding part of the config can make troubleshooting more challenging that necessary.

[jwthomson]

@isaacabraham what are your thoughts on Maxime's preferred solution to this problem - nesting config under a single file using this extension:
https://github.com/antfu/vscode-file-nesting-config

[isaacabraham]

I'm open to that. The other issue with my solution is that it doesn't just hide it from the explorer, it hides it from CTRL + P file navigation as well.

[isaacabraham]

I'm just not sure where we would put / group all these files / folders under.

[mattgallagher92]

I don't use VS Code, so won't make the change, but my opinion is that we should hide build assets/output and nest infrequently-used files that affect the behaviour of the build and/or tools. Hiding config files would make things more magical and harder to debug.

We should exclude these files:

• .vs (not relevant to VS Code users)
• .paket
• **/bin
• **/obj
• **/output
• deploy
• node_modules
• paket-files

And we should nest these files:

• .npmrc (under package.json)
• .fantomasignore (under .gitignore???)
• src/Client/postcss.config.js (under src/Client/vite.config.mts)
• src/Client/tailwind.config.js (under src/Client/vite.config.mts)
• src/Client/index.css (under src/Client/vite.config.mts)
• src/Client/index.html (under src/Client/vite.config.mts)

[isaacabraham]

Sounds good to me. I think we could also do .idea (which is the Rider folder). I'll do this as a PR.

[mattgallagher92]

Discussed internally, agreed to avoid nesting altogether, but go ahead with exclusions. Can consider nesting in future.