Use case

I've developed a color coding system that has revolutionized my development workflow, and I believe it could benefit many other developers, too!
I AM A NEWBEE...
As someone who relies heavily on AI and GitHub Copilot, I often find myself spending too much time trying to understand code flow and debugging issues. That's when I created this VISUAL SYSTEM to make code navigation intuitive and efficient.

My Color Coding System:
🟡 YELLOW → Dart core & Lifecycle (dart:async, main(), initState())
🔵 BLUE → Flutter UI & Packages (Widget, build(), package imports)
🟢 GREEN → Business Logic (_startRun(), _pauseRun())
🟠 ORANGE → State Variables (bool isRunning, double distance)
🟣 PURPLE → My custom services (VoiceService, VocalAvatar)
🟤 BROWN → Reusable widgets (_CircleButton)
🔴 RED → Utility functions (_formatDuration())
🌐 CYAN → Network & API calls

I'd love to see IDEs and code editors implement customizable color coding systems that allow developers to:

• Define custom color schemes based on code function/purpose
• Apply colors automatically using intelligent categorization
• Share color schemes with team members
• Toggle color coding on/off as needed

This would be especially valuable for developers working with AI assistants, junior developers learning codebases, and teams maintaining large projects.

What do you think? Would this kind of visual coding system improve your workflow too?

See example in my project here: https://github.com/erikaversa/run_with_me/blob/main/lib/main.dart

Proposal

I've developed a color coding system that has revolutionized my development workflow, and I believe it could benefit many other developers, too!
I AM A NEWBEE...
As someone who relies heavily on AI and GitHub Copilot, I often find myself spending too much time trying to understand code flow and debugging issues. That's when I created this VISUAL SYSTEM to make code navigation intuitive and efficient.

My Color Coding System:
🟡 YELLOW → Dart core & Lifecycle (dart:async, main(), initState())
🔵 BLUE → Flutter UI & Packages (Widget, build(), package imports)
🟢 GREEN → Business Logic (_startRun(), _pauseRun())
🟠 ORANGE → State Variables (bool isRunning, double distance)
🟣 PURPLE → My custom services (VoiceService, VocalAvatar)
🟤 BROWN → Reusable widgets (_CircleButton)
🔴 RED → Utility functions (_formatDuration())
🌐 CYAN → Network & API calls

I'd love to see IDEs and code editors implement customizable color coding systems that allow developers to:

• Define custom color schemes based on code function/purpose
• Apply colors automatically using intelligent categorization
• Share color schemes with team members
• Toggle color coding on/off as needed

This would be especially valuable for developers working with AI assistants, junior developers learning codebases, and teams maintaining large projects.

What do you think? Would this kind of visual coding system improve your workflow too?

See example in my project here: https://github.com/erikaversa/run_with_me/blob/main/lib/main.dart