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"10 Essential VS Code Extensions for React Developers"

1. ES7+ React/Redux/React-Native snippets
This extension provides handy snippets for React, Redux, React Native, and GraphQL. It allows you to generate boilerplate code for common tasks, like creating components, importing React, or setting up hooks.

Key Features:

Snippets for functional components, hooks, and Redux.
Shortcuts for commonly used imports and JSX.
2. Prettier - Code formatter
Prettier is an opinionated code formatter that enforces consistent style across your codebase. It automatically formats your code based on the configured settings when you save files.

Key Features:

Supports formatting JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, and more.
Ensures consistent code style.
3. ESLint
ESLint is a popular tool for identifying and fixing problematic code patterns in JavaScript and TypeScript. The VS Code extension helps you catch linting issues in real time as you write your React code.

Key Features:

Linting for React/JavaScript/TypeScript.
Automatic fixing of code errors and warnings.
4. Bracket Pair Colorizer 2
This extension helps you easily identify matching brackets by colorizing pairs of brackets. It’s very useful for JSX in React components where there are lots of nested tags.

Key Features:

Visual color matching for opening/closing brackets.
Helps track nested JSX elements.
5. React PropTypes Intellisense
This extension provides IntelliSense support for React PropTypes, which is helpful when you're working with components and passing props. It gives you autocompletion for PropTypes in React components.

Key Features:

IntelliSense autocompletion for PropTypes.
Helps with PropTypes documentation and definitions.
6. Auto Rename Tag
When editing JSX, this extension automatically renames paired tags as you change them. It is very convenient when working with complex React components with nested tags.

Key Features:

Automatically renames paired tags in JSX/HTML.
Increases productivity when editing component structure.
7. GitLens — Git supercharged
GitLens is an extension that supercharges Git capabilities in VS Code. It helps you visualize code authorship, explore Git history, and gain insights into your code repository.

Key Features:

It shows who made code changes and when.
It enhanced Git blame and repository navigation.
These extensions will make your workflow smoother and more efficient as a React developer. You can install them directly from the VS Code extensions marketplace.

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