This is a list of Visual Studio Code extensions that I recommend.
Table of Contents
Markdown Related Extensions
Writing (in General) Related Extensions
Extension
Description
Code Spell Checker A great spell checker for programmers, with good support for camelCase and low false positives.
Capitalize Capitalizes your text.
Change Case Easily change the case of text.
Insert Line Number Insert line numbers to selected lines or the whole document.
DupChecker Checks for and removes duplicate lines in the file content or selection.
:emojisense: Autocomplete for emoji.
Replace Curly Quotes Replaces curly quotes (‘, ’, “, ”) in a document with straight quotes (', ").
Sort lines Sorts lines of text.
GitHub Related Extensions
CSV Related Extensions
Extension
Description
CSV to Table Convert a CSV/TSV/PSV file to an ASCII formatted table.
Rainbow CSV Makes it easier to read and edit CSV and TSV files.
Japanese Language Related Extensions
Extension
Description
テキスト校正くん Extension to check Japanese sentences in text files and Markdown files in VS Code.
Japanese Word Count Count Japanese characters, words, and lines.
Zenkaku Show double-byte whitespace.
Styling and Themes Related Extensions
Utility Extensions
Extension
Description
ARB Editor Editor for Application Resource Bundle files used for localization.
Code Runner Run Python and JavaScript code locally for quick checks.
ESLint Integrates ESLint JavaScript into VS Code.
File Utils A convenient way of creating, duplicating, moving, renaming, and deleting files and directories.
HTML Snippets Full HTML tags including HTML5 snippets.
IntelliSense for CSS class names in HTML CSS class name completion for the HTML class attribute based on the definitions found in your workspace.
Live Server Launch a local development server with live reload feature for static & dynamic pages. Perfect when working on HTML.
Open in Finder Adds commands for opening the current file or project in Finder.
Prettier - Code Formatter Code formatter using Prettier.
Trailing Spaces Highlights trailing spaces and allows for a simple "delete all trailing spaces" command.
YAML YAML language support by Red Hat, with built-in Kubernetes syntax support.
Easy Installation Method
You can install all the recommended extensions easily by creating an extensions.json file in your .vscode directory and following these steps:
Open the VS Code project where you want to install the recommended extensions.
Open the command palette
macOS: Cmd+Shift+P
Windows/Linux: Ctrl+Shift+P
Type and select Configure Recommended Extensions (Workspace Folder).
Copy and paste the contents of the extensions.json file below into your extensions.json file.
Type and select Extensions: Show Recommended Extensions in the command palette.
extensions.json
json
{
"recommendations": [
"Google.arb-editor",
"danielgjackson.auto-dark-mode-windows",
"viablelab.capitalize",
"wmaurer.change-case",
"formulahendry.code-runner",
"streetsidesoftware.code-spell-checker",
"GitHub.copilot-chat",
"GitHub.copilot",
"jerriepelser.copy-markdown-as-html",
"phplasma.csv-to-table",
"jianbingfang.dupchecker",
"bierner.emojisense",
"ginfuru.ginfuru-better-solarized-dark-theme",
"bierner.github-markdown-preview",
"wengerk.highlight-bad-chars",
"abusaidm.html-snippets",
"Zignd.html-css-class-completion",
"andersliu.insert-line-number",
"ICS.japanese-proofreading",
"sifue.japanese-word-count",
"ritwickdey.LiveServer",
"bierner.markdown-footnotes",
"shd101wyy.markdown-preview-enhanced",
"yzane.markdown-pdf",
"yzhang.markdown-all-in-one",
"PKief.material-icon-theme",
"possan.nbsp-vscode",
"wraith13.open-in-github-desktop",
"christian-kohler.path-intellisense",
"esbenp.prettier-vscode",
"mechatroner.rainbow-csv",
"jinhyuk.replace-curly-quotes",
"Tyriar.sort-lines",
"shardulm94.trailing-spaces",
"davidanson.vscode-markdownlint",
"dbaeumer.vscode-eslint",
"fabiospampinato.vscode-open-in-finder",
"mushan.vscode-paste-image",
"redhat.vscode-yaml",
"sleistner.vscode-fileutils",
"telesoho.vscode-markdown-paste-image",
"unifiedjs.vscode-mdx",
"wayou.vscode-todo-highlight",
"mosapride.zenkaku"
]
}
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Top comments (8)
Great article! Very helpful for beginners and experienced developers. Just be careful not to overload your editor with too many extensions. Start with the basics and add more as you need them! :)
Just mind blowing 🤯, so many never heard but useful extensions, thanks for this
I echo this!
Finally an useful list of extensions with gems 💎.
Thanks
very helpful, thanks a lot!!!
Very Helpful Thread, thanks for Sharing 🤘🏻.
You may consider adding one more to the list. CommandDash.
It enables you to build with any library or packages using AI agents trained on their codebase and is 100% free to use.
You should add Peacock.
It helps with lots of VSC instance open to differentiate projects.
Cool