Awesome Visual Studio Code Extensions 
Tags: vscode, editor, code, beginners
Published: 2018-05-11 08:16:42

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title: Awesome Visual Studio Code Extensions 
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description: extensions make coding on vscode enjoyable and fun.
tags: vscode, editor, code, newbies
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##What's Visual Studio Code?
Visual Studio Code is a source editor developed by microsoft for windows, linux and MacOS, it includes suppport for debugging, embedded git control, syntax highlighting, intelligent code completions, code snippets and code refractoring.
I enjoy using visual studio code for writing codes, and my favorite extensions are listed below in no particular order.

###Extensions
####1 [Open In Browser](https://github.com/SudoKillMe/vscode-extensions-open-in-browser)
This extension was developed by *TechER*, and it allows you to open the current file in your default browser or application, finally you can open HTML pages with browsers you specify, right click and select 'open in defalult browser' after installation, pretty awesome, isn't it?.
####2 [Indent Rainbow](https://github.com/oderwat/vscode-indent-rainbow)
This extension makes indentation easier to read, it colorises the indentation in front of your text alternating four different colors on each step, *oderwat* developed this extension.
####3 [Bracket Pair Colorizer](https://github.com/CoenraadS/BracketPair)
Undoubtedly my favorite extension, this extension allows matching brackets to be identified with colors, users can define which characters to match, and which colors to use, this sweet extension was developed by *CoeenraadS*.
####4 [Javascript(ES6) Code Snippets](https://github.com/xabikos/vscode-javascript)
This extension contains code snippets for Javascript in ES6 syntax, it was developed by *charalampos karypidis*
####5 [React Native Tools](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-react-native)
This extension provides a development environment for React Native projects. Using this extension, you can debug your code, quickly run react-native commands from the command palette, and use IntelliSense to browse objects, functions and parameters for React Native APIs, it was developed by *visual studio mobile tools*.
####6 [HTML5 Boilerplate](https://github.com/sidthesloth92/vsc_html5_boilerplate)
This extension provides the standard HTML boilerplate code used in all web applications, *sidthesloth* developed this.
####7 [TS(typescript)lint] (https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-tslint)
Integrates the tslint linter for the TypeScript language into VS Code, developed by *egaama*.
####8 [Angular v6 Snippets](https://github.com/johnpapa/vscode-angular-snippets)
This extension for Visual Studio Code adds snippets for Angular for TypeScript and HTML, it was developed by *John Papa*.
###How To Install An Extension
1 Launch visual studio code
2 Launch the command *Ctrl+Shift+p*.
3 Type Install Extensions and select 'Extensions : Install Extensions'.
4 Type in your favorite extension and choose from the dropdown, Install it.
5 Launch  the command *Ctrl+Shift+p* and type reload window, select it to reload visual studio code.
Thanks For Reading, Happy Coding!.