Node Shortcuts

Node Shortcuts is a lightweight Visual Studio Code snippet collection that provides fast, consistent shortcuts for importing Node.js core modules using the modern node: specifier.

Designed for developers who work close to Node’s standard library and want zero-dependency, muscle-memory-friendly imports.

Features

• 🚀 Short aliases for Node.js core module imports
• 📦 Uses modern node: import syntax
• 🧠 Consistent @module prefix convention
• 🛠 No runtime code — snippets only
• 🔒 Safe, local, and non-invasive

Example

Type:

@http

Expands to:

import http from 'node:http';

Included Modules

Covers all major Node.js core modules, including:

Networking (http, https, net, tls, dns)

File system (fs, fs/promises, path)

System & process (os, process, worker_threads)

Utilities (util, events, assert, crypto)

Streams, buffers, timers, and more

Installation

npm i node-shortcuts -D

You may need to restart VSC/VSC-I via:

Snippets load automatically when the workspace opens.

Node Version

Requires Node.js 16.0.0+

License

MIT