Extensions recommended by seniors (VScode) 2022
Tags: extensions, productivity, vscode, markdown
Published: 2022-02-15 13:43:03

Hi devs, I'm [Juanse](https://github.com/JuanseMastrangelo) and this is my list of extensions I find helpful for day to day coding:

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- [Material Icon Theme](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=PKief.material-icon-theme)
Material Design Icons for Visual Studio Code. 5/5 ⭐

![Material Design Icons](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/tfku77ekoj2i6oellth3.jpg)

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- [Git Graph](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=mhutchie.git-graph) and [Git Lens](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=eamodio.gitlens) 5/5 ⭐

![Git Graph](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/zbxkjfjfwe1fmd8471ut.gif)

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- [Cardenas](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=juansemastrangelo.cardenas)
Search and save algorithms easily with this open source extension. 4/5 ⭐ (Beta)

![Cardenas vscode extension](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/zi4ogw5kakc4nqzjqcae.jpg)

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- [Live Share](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MS-vsliveshare.vsliveshare)
Real-time collaborative development from the comfort of your favorite tools. 5/5 ⭐
 
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- [Settings Sync](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Shan.code-settings-sync)
Keeps your vscode settings. Synchronize Settings, Snippets, Themes, File Icons, Launch, Keybindings, Workspaces and Extensions Across Multiple Machines Using GitHub Gist. 5/5 ⭐

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- [Tabnine AI](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=TabNine.tabnine-vscode)
AI Code completion plugin. Tabnine makes developers more productive by auto-completing their code. 5/5 ⭐

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- [Error Lens](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=usernamehw.errorlens) 4/5 ⭐

![Error Lens](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/tcfiehyp4psf0yum0i1k.png)

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- [Json2Ts](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GregorBiswanger.json2ts) 
Convert a JSON from clipboard to TypeScript interfaces. 3/5 ⭐

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- [Shades of Purple](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ahmadawais.shades-of-purple) 
🦄 A professional theme suite with hand-picked & bold shades of purple for your VS Code editor and terminal apps. One of the excellent, most downloaded, and top-rated VSCode Themes on the marketplace. Part of VSCode.pro course. 4/5 ⭐

![Shades of Purple](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/u2i526r0kg9r1b6s2hmk.gif)

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- [Code Runner](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=formulahendry.code-runner)
Run C, C++, Java, JS, PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby, Go, Lua, Groovy, PowerShell, CMD, BASH, F#, C#, VBScript, TypeScript, CoffeeScript, Scala, Swift, Julia, Crystal, OCaml, R, AppleScript, Elixir, VB.NET, Clojure, Haxe, Obj-C, Rust, Racket, Scheme, AutoHotkey, AutoIt, Kotlin, Dart, Pascal, Haskell, Nim. 4/5 ⭐

![Code Runner](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/banrwd5iborj4o9rylvt.gif)

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- [Bracket Pair Colorizer](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=CoenraadS.bracket-pair-colorizer)
This extension allows matching brackets to be identified with colours. The user can define which characters to match, and which colours to use. 5/5 ⭐

![Bracket Pair Colorizer](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/rt35rvvwqlf34w2h9cgz.png)

- [Import Cost](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=wix.vscode-import-cost)


![Import Cost](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/c329ld579vviauo6rplj.gif)

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## Bonus

- [Break Time](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Lorenzo-Lupetti.break-time)
Set a timer and a message to remind you to take a break!

![Break Time](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/1ryei7ki3nqcwcx8kfxd.png)

- [VS Code Pets](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=tonybaloney.vscode-pets)

![VS Code Pets](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/d3z6dhnmjgnq3azrn4fo.gif)