What are your favorite VS Code productivity extensions?

#watercooler #productivity #vscode

VS code has become so feature-rich in built-in settings, you should always double check if you really need the extension you have in mind:

VS Code: You don't need that extension

Rob OLeary ・ Aug 5 '20 ・ 7 min read

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We have also witnessed the features of many great extensions being baked in, like Emmet, for example.

Some of the best extensions I use to increase productivity include: TabNine, Prettier and Bracket Pair Colorizer.

Share you favorite productivity extensions below 👇

Oldest comments (24)

Pacharapol Withayasakpunt • Sep 29 '21 • Edited

Markdown Preview Enhanced
Rainbow indent
Prettier-VSCode (works even without package.json, nor node_modules)
Comment tagged template (syntax highlighting, only relevant in JS/TS)

Madza • Sep 29 '21

Thank you for sharing! Will check them out 😉👍

Christophe Avonture • Sep 29 '21

Bracket Pair is no more needed; see code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_6...

Madza • Sep 29 '21

Thanks for the share, I guess I need to read their release docs after each upgrade which I rarely do 😀😀

Christophe Avonture • Oct 3 '21

I'm trying to... Not the funny part of the day especially when you start vscode (and thus want to code 😉)

Cameron Thompson • Sep 29 '21 • Edited

Here a few of my favorites

Github Theme A very simple dark theme
Live Server A fast and easy way to test local files
MongoDB for VSCode A cool way to see what is in your DB, connects via connection string.

Madza • Sep 29 '21

Always loved the UI of GitHub, tho Atom dark theme is still my fav.. I see you focus on MERN stack so the last one would be really handy 😉
Thanks for sharing these 👍😉

Cameron Thompson • Sep 30 '21

I don't remember using Atom dark, I'll have to give it a go. The last extension was great when I was focusing on the MERN stack, but I am now using the JAMStack and am loving it!

Madza • Sep 30 '21

I currently focus on JAMstack too 😉

Cameron Thompson • Sep 30 '21

Will we be seeing some JAMstack content soon 🤔

Alex Bdet • Oct 3 '21

For themes, Dracula has to be my favourite, dark theme but still colorful, lovely on the eyes !

For extensions, Tabnine is starting to feel like a must have, AI powered autocompletion that predicts the code you'll type based on your project and the analysis of other projects.