Make VSCode Home With These Extensions

Getting started with Visual Studio Code and/or looking for some new plugins to fit seamlessly with your workflow? Well, look no further! Below, I have included some of the most useful and recommended extensions that are completely free to install and use.

Theme/Icons

• Current theme:
• Icons:
• Font:

Workflow

• Auto Close Tag
  • Automatically add HTML/XML close tag
• Auto Rename Tag
  • Automatically rename paired HTML/XML tag
• Foam Research
  • note-taking tool that lives within VS Code, which means you can pair it with your favorite extensions for a great editing experience.
• Better Comments
  • Comments extension will help you create more human-friendly comments in your code.
• CodeSwing
  • It’s like having the magic of a traditional web playground (e.g. CodePen, JSFiddle), but available directly from your highly-personalized editor.
• Code Runner
  • Run code snippet or code file for multiple languages: C, C++, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Perl, e.c.t.
• advanced-new-file
  • Create files anywhere in your workspace from the keyboard
• Error Lens
  • Error Lens turbo-charges language diagnostic features
• ESDoc MDN
  • This extension lets you quickly bring up helpful MDN documentation in the editor by typing //mdn [object.property] for example.
• Live Preview
  • Hosts a local server in your workspace for you to preview your webpages on in VSC!
• HTML CSS Support
  • HTML id and class attribute completion for Visual Studio Code.

GitHub

Style/Formatting

• ESLint

• Prettier
  • Automatically format javascript, JSON, CSS, Sass, and HTML files.
• Color Highlight
  • This extension styles css/web colors found in your document.

Useful/Extra

See my full list of extensions here