My Top VS Code Extensions for Laravel
Tags: laravel, vscode, productivity, webdev
Published: 2021-03-01 14:21:43

Do you know what makes a framework cool? The developer experience - ease, speed. We love building systems with Laravel. And part of what can make us even more productive & faster is extensions. Here's a list of some of my current favorites that add more flare to my workflow.
#[Tall Stack](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=entexa.tall-stack)
This is a collection of 8 extensions to boost your TALL stack development experience.
#Tailwind
###[Tailwind CSS IntelliSense](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=bradlc.vscode-tailwindcss)
![Image](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bradlc/vscode-tailwindcss/master/packages/tailwindcss-intellisense/.github/banner-dark.png)
Tailwind CSS IntelliSense enhances the Tailwind development experience by providing Visual Studio Code users with advanced features such as autocomplete, syntax highlighting and lining.
###[Headwind](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=heybourn.headwind)
Headwind is an opinionated Tailwind CSS class sorter for Visual Studio Code. It enforces consistent ordering of classes by parsing your code and reprinting class tags to follow a given order.
##Alpine.js
###[Alpine.js IntelliSense](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=adrianwilczynski.alpine-js-intellisense)
![Image](https://github.com/AdrianWilczynski/AlpineIntelliSense/raw/master/img/screenshot-directives.png)
Simple IntelliSense & Snippets for Alpine.js framework.
##Laravel
###[Laravel Extra Intellisense](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=amiralizadeh9480.laravel-extra-intellisense)
This extension provides Laravel routes, views, and ... autocomplete.
###[Laravel Blade Snippets](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=onecentlin.laravel-blade)
Laravel Blade Snippets, Syntax Highlighting, and Formatting for VS Code.
###[Laravel Blade Formatter](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=shufo.vscode-blade-formatter)
Formats your blade views.
##Livewire
###[Livewire Language Support](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=cierra.livewire-vscode)
Laravel language support for VSCode. With this package, you gain functionalities like autocomplete, snippets, auto-discovery of properties and more.
#[PHP Intelephense](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=bmewburn.vscode-intelephense-client)
PHP code intelligence for Visual Studio Code
#[PHP IntelliSense](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=felixfbecker.php-intellisense)
![Image](https://github.com/felixfbecker/vscode-php-intellisense/raw/master/images/completion.gif)
Advanced Autocompletion and Refactoring support for PHP.
#[Laravel Blade Spacer](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=austenc.laravel-blade-spacer)
![Image](https://github.com/austenc/vscode-blade-spacer/raw/master/img/preview.gif)
Automatically add spaces in Laravel Blade template tags
#[Indent-Rainbow](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=oderwat.indent-rainbow)
![Image](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oderwat/vscode-indent-rainbow/master/assets/example.png)
This extension colorizes the indentation in front of your text alternating four different colors on each step. Some may find it helpful in writing code for Nim or Python.
#[ENV](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=IronGeek.vscode-env)
Adds formatting and syntax highlighting support for env files (.env) to Visual Studio Code.
#[phpfmt - PHP formatter](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=kokororin.vscode-phpfmt)
Integrates phpfmt into VS Code

Thanks for reading. Feel free to add to the list down in the comments.