HousebirdGames / Mindful-Coding

A Visual Studio Code Extension that reminds you to take breaks for window-gazing and stretching.

Mindful Coding

Mindful Coding helps you enhance your productivity and well-being by reminding you to take short breaks for window-gazing and stretching throughout your coding sessions.

Features

Mindful Coding offers customizable reminders to:

• Look Away: Gaze out of a window every 20 minutes to reduce eye strain and refresh your mind.
• Stretch: Take a brief stretching break every 45 minutes to keep your body relaxed and prevent muscle stiffness.

Choose how you receive reminders:

• Notification: A gentle pop-up notification.
• Status Bar: A discreet message in the VSCode status bar.
• Annoying Popup: A more insistent pop-up to make sure you don't skip your break.

Getting Started

1. Install Mindful Coding from the VSCode Marketplace.
2. Configure your preferences in the VSCode settings under Extensions > Mindful Coding.
   • Set reminder intervals (minimum time is 1 Minute).
   • Choose the reminder type.
   • Enable or disable specific reminders.

Usage

Once installed and configured, Mindful Coding runs automatically in the background. Depending on your settings, you'll receive notifications reminding you to take breaks.

• Click on the reminder or the status bar message to acknowledge and dismiss the notification.
• Use the command Open Mindful Coding Settings from the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P or Cmd+Shift+P) to adjust settings at any time.

Customization

Customize Mindful Coding via the settings:

"mindfulCoding.reminderType": "Notification",
"mindfulCoding.enableWindowGazeReminder": true,
"mindfulCoding.windowGazeInterval": 20,
"mindfulCoding.enableStretchReminder": true,
"mindfulCoding.stretchInterval": 45

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Check out our GitHub repository for source code, to report issues, or suggest improvements.