VS Code is undoubtedly the best editor out there especially when it comes to writing javascript. It is fast, feature rich and has huge pool of extensions available which greatly enhances developer experience.

I've been using VS Code for the past 4 years and over these years I came across many these extensions that I would like to share with you. I'm so addicted to these extensions that my developer life would be incomplete without them.

Here is a list of my VS Code extensions:

Moonlight Theme

I've a habit of changing themes quite often and this is the current theme that I'm using these days. Colors are not very light and are easy on eyes both during day and night.

Auto Rename Tag

Automatically rename paired HTML/XML tag, same as Visual Studio IDE does.

Path Intellisense

Visual Studio Code plugin that autocompletes filenames. Very helpful in React projects when importing components from different folders.

SCSS IntelliSense

Advanced autocompletion and refactoring support for SCSS. Must have for front-end developers that use Sass.

Placeholder Images

Generate and insert placeholder images into your HTML. Easy to find placeholders images directly in the VS Code.

Live Server

Launch a development local Server with live reload feature for static & dynamic pages.

Prettier - Code formatter

Code formatter using prettier.

Reactjs code snippets

Code snippets for Reactjs development in ES6 syntax.

Settings Sync

Must have extension in my opinion, it synchronize all your VS Code Settings, Snippets, Themes, File Icons, Launch, Keybindings, Workspaces and Extensions Across Multiple Machines Using GitHub Gist.

Very helpful in case you change your development machine and want to import all your previous VS Code data.

Better Comments

Improve your code commenting by annotating with alert, informational, TODOs, and more!

Bracket Pair Colorizer

A customizable extension for colorizing matching brackets.

Code Spell Checker

If you are like me who can write a single word without mistake this extension is a must have. Checks your code for spell errors and provide suggestions.

ESLint

Integrates ESLint JavaScript into VS Code.

Import Cost

Display import/require package size in the editor.

Quokka.js

Live Scratchpad for JavaScript. Write Javascript and see your outputs in the editor itself. Also has a Interactive Examples which are useful for both experienced developers (as references) and for new developers (to learn).

TabNine

Another must have extension. TabNine is a all-language autocompleter — which uses machine learning to help you write code faster.

This is a Dark Magic extension, after installing and using it for sometime it gives very accurate suggestions which leave you awestruck.

vscode-styled-components

Syntax highlighting and IntelliSense for styled-components.

Visual Studio IntelliCode

The Visual Studio IntelliCode extension provides AI-assisted development features for Python, TypeScript/JavaScript and Java developers in Visual Studio Code, with insights based on understanding your code context combined with machine learning.

Bonus

OpenInCode

📂 Finder toolbar app to open current folder in Visual Studio Code

Closing

I'll keep updating this list with new extensions that I find. Feel free to suggest the extensions that I might have missing. I would love to know what new extensions developers are using.

I've also created a git repo with the VS Code extensions and settings that I frequently use. Find the repo here

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