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Shubham Tiwari
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Best VS code Extensions for Web Development

****Hello Guys today i am going to show you some VSCode Extension which helped me to boost my Productivity in Web Development(Specially frontend part as i am not familiar with backend).This post is for everyone including beginners.

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1. HTML Snippets -

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Type part of a snippet, press enter, and the snippet unfolds.

Snippets named as the tag without braces



div --> <div></div>
doc --> <!DOCTYPE html>
a --> <a href=""></a>


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2. Intellisense for CSS classnames -

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This extension has autocomplete class name feature in html specially for Bootstrap class names if you re familiar with bootstrap then you know about the bootstrap classes and styling components with bootstrap class names.

3. Emmet Live -

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Open the command palette (F1 on Windows) and look for the command 'Emmet Live'. Hit enter and input your HTML Emmet abbreviation.
This helps to write HTML Code fastly and also saves time.

4. Javascript Booster -

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This one i love it as it is very helpful while writing Javascript.
This VS Code extension provides various code actions (quick fixes) when editing code in JavaScript (or TypeScript/Flow). Just note the light bulb at the left and press it to learn how you can transform the code under the cursor.
You can convert normal function to arrow function with a click of button and vice versa and it has many features like that.

5. Bootstrap 4 -

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Visual studio code plugin containing Bootstrap 4, Font awesome 4 & Font Awesome 5 Free & Pro snippets. This plugin works in both in the stable & the insiders build.
This one is for bootstrap and it has many snippets to write bootstrap code

Example -
b4-$ and press enter , it will create a bootstrap master template which has bootstrap cdn files and all necessary tags to use bootstrap.
You can also create forms, cards, buttons , etc with simple one line snippets.
Check out this extention to see all the snippets of bootstrap.

6. Live Server -

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Launch a development local Server with live reload feature for static & dynamic pages.
It can update the web page everytime you do changes to the code and you dont have to refresh the page again and again to see the updates you have done to the page.

7. ES7 / React/Redux....-

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Simple extensions for React, Redux and Graphql in JS/TS with ES7 syntax
If you are a react developer , then you should check this extension. It has many snippets for autocomplete the codes
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rfce and hit enter


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It will generate a react functional component template.

8. Vscode-styled-components-

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If you use styled-components to style your components in react , then this one is best for you as it autocomplete the css code written in js file.So, check this one definitely.

9. Bracket-Pair-Colorizer -

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A customizable extension for colorizing matching brackets
It is just a simple extension which colors the brackets with different colors , so that you can easily identify the block of codes like which code block have which opening and closing brackets.

10. Lorem Ipsum -

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Generates and inserts lorem ipsum text
It is a simple extension which generates dummy text to use in your web pages.

If you know about any other cool extension of vscode , then feel free to mention it in the comment section.

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Christophe Avonture

Hello
Bracket pair is core since months. The third party extension is obsolete.

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Michael Andreuzza • Edited

would love a if you test my theme!

the official site

Marketplace

marketplace.visualstudio.com/items...

serendipity

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Ammar Sherif Mohammed

Amazing theme!! thanks man

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Michael Andreuzza

Cheers buddy!

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Shubham Tiwari

❤️❤️

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Shubham Tiwari

❤️❤️

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Shubham Tiwari

i installed your theme and it's pretty much awesome , thank you for this

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Michael Andreuzza

yaay! Super glad you liked it.

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Lars Grammel

Great list!

Since you love JS Booster: I've written another extension that adds code actions to VS Code (currently at 58 actions and counting). There is some overlap with JS Booster, but I think both have their own unique actions and it should be possible to run them in parallel.

In case you want to check it out: marketplace.visualstudio.com/items...

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Shubham Tiwari

Sure I will check it

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Shubham Tiwari

Sure I will check it

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raivikas

I too provided a good list of Vscode Extensions , please do check out below:
dev.to/raivikas/top-12-best-vs-cod...
and this is my personal blog link:
nextjsdev.com/top-12-best-vs-code-...

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Shubham Tiwari

Nice list of extensions ,i have tried some of the extension and they are good

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Dominic Ross

Nice list, I'll be activating some of these on my system.

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Shubham Tiwari

😃😃

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Sagar Shiroya

Great list.
Many helpful extensions.

Thanks brother!

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Shubham Tiwari

Welcome ❤️

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Lucas

Missing links

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Shubham Tiwari

Sorry brother I didn't provided the links
You have to manually search these extensions on VScode