27 Best VScode Extension to Boost Productivity
Tags: vscode, webdev, javascript, beginners
Published: 2023-05-23 05:49:39

<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">VS Code is a popular code editor known for its flexibility and customization options. Its thriving extension ecosystem allows developers to enhance their productivity and make their coding experience even more powerful.</p>
This article will explore 19 must-have extensions that can supercharge your workflow.
<h2><a class="attrlink" href="https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/settings-sync" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Settings Sync</a></h2>
This extension allows you to sync your VS Code settings across multiple devices. This can be a huge time-saver if you work on multiple computers or share your settings with others.
<h2><a class="attrlink" href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ritwickdey.LiveServer" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Live Server</a></h2>
This extension starts a local web server whenever you open an HTML, CSS, or JavaScript file in VS Code. This lets you preview your changes in real time without manually opening a web browser.
<h2><a class="attrlink" href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=esbenp.prettier-vscode" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Prettier</a></h2>
This extension automatically formats your code according to a set of rules. This can help you keep your code consistent and readable.
<h2><a class="attrlink" href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2023/03/30/vscode-copilot" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">GitHub Copilot</a></h2>
This extension is a powerful AI-powered tool that can help you write code. It can suggest completions, generate code, and even fix errors.
<h2><a class="attrlink" href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=formulahendry.auto-rename-tag" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Auto Rename Tag</a></h2>
This extension automatically renames HTML tags when you change their content. This can help you avoid making mistakes when editing HTML files.
<h2><a class="attrlink" href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=donjayamanne.githistory" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Git History</a></h2>
This extension displays a visual representation of your Git history. This can help you understand how your code has evolved.
<h2><a class="attrlink" href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=pranaygp.vscode-css-peek" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">CSS Peek</a></h2>
This extension allows you to peek at the CSS styles for an HTML element without opening the CSS file. This can be helpful when you're trying to debug CSS issues.
<h2><a class="attrlink" href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=xabikos.JavaScriptSnippets" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">JavaScript Code Snippets</a></h2>
This extension provides a collection of JavaScript code snippets that you can use to quickly and easily write code.
<h2><a class="attrlink" href="https://swimm.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Swimm </a></h2>
Swimm is a documentation tool that integrates a rich text editor with code. It enables you to create comprehensive documentation that syncs with your codebase, automating updates and providing context-specific documentation.
<h2><a class="attrlink" href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=eamodio.gitlens" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">GitLens</a></h2>
GitLens offers valuable insights into your codebase's history, authorship, and changes. It provides advanced visualizations, inline blame annotations, commit details, and an intuitive interface for exploring Git repositories.
<h2><a class="attrlink" href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=rangav.vscode-thunder-client" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Thunder Client</a></h2>
Thunder Client is a lightweight REST API with a user-friendly UI. It supports collections, environment variables, GraphQL queries, and GUI-based script-less testing, making API development and testing a breeze.
<h2><a class="attrlink" href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=TabNine.tabnine-vscode" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Tabnine</a></h2>
Tabnine is an AI-powered code completion assistant that accelerates your development workflow. It offers real-time code completions based on machine learning models trained specifically for coding in various languages.
<h2><a class="attrlink" href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Remote - SSH</a></h2>
The Remote - SSH extension allows you to use a remote machine with an SSH server as your development environment. It enables seamless collaboration and lets you work on files located on remote machines directly from VS Code.
<h2><a class="attrlink" href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-azuretools.vscode-docker" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Docker</a></h2>
The Docker extension simplifies the management and deployment of containerized applications from within VS Code. It provides one-click debugging for Node.js, Python, and .NET applications running inside containers.
<h2><a class="attrlink" href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=donjayamanne.githistory" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Git History</a></h2>
Git History allows you to navigate commit history, inspect file changes, and compare code versions. It presents a GUI timeline with commit details, branch names, and tag associations.
<h2><a class="attrlink" href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=yzhang.markdown-all-in-one" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Markdown All in One</a></h2>
Markdown All in One enhances your productivity when working with Markdown documents. It offers syntax highlighting, code block formatting, table of contents generation, preview mode, keyboard shortcuts, and more.
<h2><a class="attrlink" href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=chrmarti.regex" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Regex Previewer</a></h2>
Regex Previewer allows you to preview regular expression matches in a side-by-side document. It's a handy tool for evaluating and fine-tuning regular expressions in your code.
<h2><a class="attrlink" href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=aaron-bond.better-comments" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Better Comments</a></h2>
Better Comments helps you organize and categorize your code annotations, such as TODOs, queries, highlights, etc. It also allows you to style commented-out code to differentiate it from active code.
<h2><a class="attrlink" href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=alefragnani.Bookmarks" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bookmarks</a></h2>
Bookmarks enable easy navigation within your codebase by allowing you to bookmark important positions. You can quickly move between bookmarks and select specific lines or regions for efficient log file analysis.
<h2><a class="attrlink" href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=alefragnani.project-manager" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Project Manager</a></h2>
Project Manager provides a convenient way to access your projects, regardless of location. You can define your projects, detect Git, Mercurial, or SVN repositories automatically, organize projects with tags, and quickly switch between them.
<h2><a class="attrlink" href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=streetsidesoftware.code-spell-checker" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Code Spell Checker</a></h2>
Code Spell Checker is useful for catching common spelling errors in your code and documents. It aims to keep false positives low, helping you maintain high-quality code.
<h2><a class="attrlink" href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=seanmcbreen.SEO-Image-Optimizer" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Image Optimizer</a></h2>
Image Optimizer adds a right-click menu to optimize PNG, GIF, and JPEG images in your project. With a simple click, you can automatically optimize all images in a folder, improving performance and reducing file sizes.
<h2><a class="attrlink" href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=pranaygp.vscode-css-peek" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">CSS Peek</a></h2>
CSS Peek enhances CSS development by providing symbol definition tracking for classes, IDs, and HTML tags. It allows you to quickly navigate to the CSS file, make edits inline, or view definitions in a hover-over window.
<h2><a class="attrlink" href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=JakeWilson.vscode-placeholder-images" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Placeholder Images</a></h2>
Placeholder Images lets you generate and insert placeholder images into your HTML using services like Unsplash or LoremFlickr. You can customize the image dimensions, text, colors, and easily insert the generated IMG tag into your HTML.
<h2><a class="attrlink" href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ritwickdey.LiveServer" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Live Server</a></h2>
Live Server provides a quick development server with live browser reloading. With a single click, you can start or stop the server and instantly see changes in your web application.
<h2><a class="attrlink" href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=johnpapa.vscode-peacock" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Peacock</a></h2>
Peacock allows you to customize the color of your VS Code workspace, making it easier to differentiate multiple instances, collaborate with others, or identify your editor when using VS Live Share or Remote features.
<h2><a class="attrlink" href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=pnp.polacode" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Polacode</a></h2>
Polacode lets you capture beautiful screenshots of your code with the same style and theme as your editor. It's a handy extension for sharing code snippets or capturing visuals for documentation or presentations.
<h2>Conclusion</h2>
Code extensions are powerful tools that can significantly boost your productivity as a developer. Whether it's enhancing collaboration, automating tasks, improving code quality, or streamlining your workflow, these extensions will help you build and solve complex issues.

These are just a few of the many great VS Code extensions available. With so many options, you're sure to find extensions that can help you improve your productivity and workflow.

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