I just came across a simple yet awesome VS Code extension tonight care of Elijah Manor.
Basically it dims code that currently isn't selected. Here it is in action.
So what's an awesome VS Code extension you recently installed? 👨💻
P.S.: It's a bit out of date, but here's my VS Code setup for those interested.
Top comments (76)
Peacok -- it surprise with colored sidebars
This plugin has been such a revelation for me! It always drove me nuts to have multiple projects open and accidentally be in the wrong one. Especially during the period when I was porting my site from one framework to another and had both projects open. Too similar! I accidentally wrote in the wrong project way too often.
That’s great to hear that you like it so much!
Enjoy!
I hear that @john_papa knows a bit about VS Code and web dev. 😉
Meh. He’s ok.
Glad you like it!
Couldn't live without it!
VSCode Extension Peacock
Alex Patterson ・ Aug 15 ・ 1 min read
🦄 Shades of Purple theme — I'm biased (I made it).
🎉 P.S. celebrating its crossing 1 Million devs.
God I love it so much! Sadly I prefer using Atom 😭
Help me build one for Atom, or I can send in a discount coupon for my VSCode.pro course and convert you to a VSCode user :)
I would be honored to help you convert it for Atom! 😃
Here's the link with VSCode theme and has all the colors in the README. Start there and let me know if you get stuck. github.com/ahmadawais/shades-of-pu...
You should give VS Code another try. 😉
I use Indent Rainbow with custom settings which I found on a medium blog long ago.
These are the custom settings:
"indentRainbow.colors": [
"rgba(16,16,16,0.2)",
"rgba(16,16,16,0.4)",
"rgba(16,16,16,0.6)",
"rgba(16,16,16,0.8)",
"rgba(16,16,16,1)"
],
Thanks! I saw that in a screenshot a few weeks ago & have been looking for it.
I think it was my post, thank you
You can find it here.
medium.com/free-code-camp/here-are...
I should thank you instead. :)
Just curious, why do you have it fade back out?
Actually the settings are a little bit out of order. Thanks for noticing. :). I'll update it.
TabNine
marketplace.visualstudio.com/items...
I am an Angular developer from China.
Here are the Angular extensions which I installed, all of them are awesome.
The Code Spell Checker is helpful for Chinese developer, it can check the source code.
The last one is GitLens, I think you will love it after you install it.
Nice theme; first I heard about out. Yes, GitLens is helpful, especially if more than you touch the code.
I love winter is coming theme and prettier.
VS Live Share! It's awesome.
Yes! Live Share is amazing!
WakaTime it's a recent and useful VS Code extension that I really enjoy. It tracks the time I spend coding every day and it really helps me see the progress that I make.
I've been very tempted to switch to VS code from Atom🤔.
Sorry, very random.
do it. no brainer
Like everyone else is saying, do it! I started with Atom, Switched to Sublime text, and finally landed on VS Code. The built in git integration, and the built in terminal are life savers.
The build in terminal brought me to VS code. There was an extension for that in atom, but it was so sluggish.
What I imagined Atom being as a text editor from Github is what made me stick to Atom for so long. Last year I realized that VS Code is the one realizing that vision. The ecosystem, the features, the DX (Developer Experience), and the performance are all what I imagined Atom eventually becoming but Visual Studio Code got there faster.
Unless there is a specific Atom plugin you need that is not available for VSCode. it is more than worth the effort.
Ecosystem is better, & since MicroSoft bought GitHub, I would not be surprised if Atom is back-burnered.
Do it. I can help! Shameless plug → VSCode.pro
Do it! Vs code starts up a gazillion years faster than atom😂
Not my recent but I always add it to all IDE I use: Power Mode. It's nothing useful but a visual flair (will probably even lag your system if you enabled all) but it makes me feel like a rockstar (even though I'm actually not).
Great topic! 😎
Some nice hidden gems:
if you like calculate, you'll love Quokka