Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is widely regarded as the best code editor due to its combination of advanced features, ease of use and a vast number of extensions. It offers a modern and intuitive user interface that provides a seamless experience for developers. With its highly customizable interface, developers can adjust it to fit their specific needs and preferences. Additionally, VS Code is available on multiple platforms, including Windows, Linux, and macOS, making it a versatile choice for developers who work on different operating systems.
One of the key strengths of VS Code is its large and constantly growing ecosystem, including a vast extensions marketplace. VS Code extensions allow developers to add new features and functionality, such as code spell checking, live server support, and improved Git integration. The platform also has robust built-in features, such as code highlighting, auto-completion, and debugging capabilities.
Why use VS Code Extensions?
The extensions in Visual Studio Code (VS Code) are highly beneficial to users due to their ability to enhance the functionality and capabilities of the code editor. The extensions marketplace is vast and constantly growing, with a large community of developers contributing new extensions to address specific needs and requirements. This allows developers to add new features, improve existing ones, and customize the code editor to their exact specifications.
Live Server
A development server that automatically reloads the page in the browser whenever you save a file in Visual Studio Code. This extension is great for quickly testing changes to your web pages and applications.
- Real-Time Preview
- Easy to Use
- Increased Productivity
- Support for Multiple Browsers
- Fast and Lightweight
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ritwickdey.LiveServer
Prettier
Prettier automatically formats your code according to a set of rules to ensure that your code is consistent and easy to read. This extension can save you time and help you avoid style debates with your teammates by automatically enforcing a consistent code style.
- Consistent Code Formatting
- Supports Multiple Languages
- Customizable
- Integration with Other Tools
- Saves Time
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=esbenp.prettier-vscode
ESLint
ESLint provides linting for JavaScript code. It checks your code for potential errors and problems and helps you follow best practices for writing clean and maintainable code.
- Real-time linting
- Configurable rules
- Automated fixing
- Customizable error reporting
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=dbaeumer.vscode-eslint
GitLens
GitLens extension helps you understand and navigate code changes by providing inline annotations and detailed views of commit history. This extension is especially useful when working on large or complex projects with multiple contributors.
- CodeLens indicators
- Inline blame annotations
- Git blame
- Git log
- Quick repository picker
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=eamodio.gitlens
HTML/CSS Support
The HTML CSS Support extension provides several features to help you write and work with HTML and CSS code. Some of the key features include:
- HTML id and class attribute completion.
- Supports linked and embedded style sheets.
- Supports template inheritance.
- Supports additional style sheets.
- Supports other HTML like languages.
- Validates CSS selectors on demand.
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ecmel.vscode-html-css
Colorize
Colorize adds colour to your code, making it easier to read and understand. It provides syntax highlighting for several different types of files, including CSS, HTML, and JavaScript, among others.
- Improved code readability
- Customizable themes
- Support for multiple languages
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=kamikillerto.vscode-colorize
Better Comments
Better Comments provides several different types of comments, each with a different style and purpose, so you can clearly communicate your code’s intent.
- Customizable comment styles
- Improved code readability
- Consistent commenting
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=aaron-bond.better-comments
Auto Rename Tag
Auto Rename Tag is an extension that allows you to quickly and easily update both the opening and closing tags of an HTML element. It is useful because it helps you avoid the manual process of updating both tags separately, which can be time-consuming and error-prone. With Auto Rename Tag, you only need to update one of the tags and the other will automatically be updated as well.
- Save time renaming tags
- Consistent Code
- Improved Productivity
- Enhanced User Experience
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=formulahendry.auto-rename-tag
vscode-icons
The vscode-icons extension modifies the traditional icons that come by default in VS Code, acquiring the logo and the distinctive colour of each language. You may not think it is of much use, but visually, in the file tree you will quickly recognise the file or folder you are looking for thanks to this feature.
- Improved Visual Experience
- Increased Productivity
- Consistent Icon Style
- Increased Accessibility
- Easy to Install and Use
- Regularly Updated
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vscode-icons-team.vscode-icons
Peacock
Peacock is a easy way to distinguish between different projects or workspaces. It allows you to change the color of the VSCode interface based on the workspace that you are currently working in.
- Distinguish between projects
- Customizable colors
- Easy switching
- Multiple workspaces
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=johnpapa.vscode-peacock
