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50 Must-Know VS Code Extensions for Faster Development πŸš€

lokesh singh tanwar on September 12, 2024

Hey there, fellow coder! πŸ‘‹ Are you spending more time tweaking your code than writing it? πŸ˜… Do you feel like your VS Code setup could use some supe...
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Best Codes • Edited

It would be wiser to talk about the new features in VS Code rather than suggest deprecated extensions.
I don't want to come across as rude or anything; I use a few of the extensions you listed and they're pretty nice, but this seems very outdated, and considering it was only shared today, and a lot of them are just built-in now...

A quick test of several of your comments and your post itself in GPTZero reveal an 89% chance of AI generated text. I don't have anything against this, but posts that promote deprecated extensions or code practices in general are actually harmful to the developer community. It would be best if you mentioned that the post was AI generated.

I'll be sure to support any accurate content you post! 😊

I recently made post about the same topic:

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lokesh singh tanwar

Thank you for your feedback! I’ll definitely take your suggestion into consideration for future posts

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Wizard • Edited

Man, i know you made a great list, and gave so much time in this to write, but here are some quick recommendation for YOU, so many extention repeated ( it's tough to calculate which included or not ), if you're gonna say that use bracket pair colonizer 2 then why included it's first part, also this is not that Relevant extention,

For ALL OF YOU/US who made list of extensions

  • Setting Sync is old, even vscode clearly mentions " it's deprecated don't use this extention " and vscode has inbuilt support for setting sync in your account in setting in side bar, I don't know why people still mention this in their list
  • Auto rename tag, auto closing tags, auto imports, sort imports all these types extentions are are not relevant, cause vscode also supports this, you can easily find and search them in settings
  • Vscode already provides path intellisense for files and folder from so many years, no need of any separate extention

Some general recommendation/suggestions to all, I prefer to use my own snippets, or vsc suggested snippets, so don't fall for any snippets extentions, they just increase load of your pc and so many extentions degrades performance of vsc, and most snippets from this extentions are already listed in your vsc suggestions,

Also one last thing, there were so many extention in this list which are best and I also use them on my regular basis like
Git related extentions, prettier, code spell checker, code matrices, sonar lint ( although I don't use this extention but many of you may like it ), peacock ( only if you work on multiple workbench simultaneously ), color highlight, better comments,

I guess, it would be very helpful if I make a post about extentions listπŸ™ƒπŸ˜…

Btw great list, I don't know many of them cause I just reached to react in my journey ( yeah, im noobie )

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lokesh singh tanwar

Thanks for checking out my blog post! πŸ™Œ I noticed that I accidentally listed two extensions twice. πŸ˜… I’ll correct this in the updated version.
If you have any more feedback or suggestions, feel free to let me know. Thanks for your support! πŸ‘I also regularly use great tools like Git extensions, Prettier, Code Spell Checker, Code Metrics, and others. πŸ‘Creating a post about the best extensions sounds like a fantastic idea! When you create it, send it my way so I can review it! πŸ“©πŸ™Œ

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Wizard

Indeed, thanks for not taking my reply as rude behavior πŸ™‚ πŸ™

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lokesh singh tanwar

welcome buddy !

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Christophe Avonture

Sorry I've stop reading as soon as I've seen the sync addon.. This is now part of vscode since at least two years... And Bracket color is also useless since, too, part of vscode since a long time. Core feature is more optimized than the extension, Microsoft has published an article here.

Publishing an article with obsolete extensions (not needed anymore) isn't serious, sorry.

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I get your point, but this list covers 50 extensions, so naturally, I included older ones too. Not everyone is aware of every update, and these extensions are still relevant for many users. If you're looking for a list of just brand-new features, this post might not be for you.

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Best Codes

You should not include older extensions just because you need to include 50. You should write an article, then make a cool title, not write your title and try to match it with your article.

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Christophe Avonture

But that's the problem with such listings... People will read, install and keep them. And perhaps share the list elsewhere.

Please before publishing something, remove obsolete information.

 
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lokesh singh tanwar

but not everyone is aware of which extensions are obsolete or replaced by built-in features.
I’ll make sure to remove outdated info in future updates

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Christophe Avonture

I hope I'm not being too insistent, but in my opinion, the person writing an article like yours should first check that the extensions are still relevant.

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Sergio Olivieri

Where can i find the article?

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lokesh singh tanwar

the post was written by me! 😊 Though I did use AI for some help with formatting and ideas you only find it here only

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Christophe Avonture

code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2021/0...

Already three years that such extensions are no more needed since built-in

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Best Codes

I agree…

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Trieu.iv

Debugger for Chrome
This extension has been deprecated as Visual Studio Code now has a bundled JavaScript Debugger that covers the same functionality.

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lokesh singh tanwar

Thanks for pointing that out! You’re absolutely right

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George WL

It's cause they used AI to write the article, and then didn't proofread it

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cmohanc

Thanks alot. I have used lot of msaccess vba, ooking to findout features to separate the code blocks separately and work in isolation.
BlockMan is closest to that.
Is there any other extension that can do it??
Thanks again

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lokesh singh tanwar

You're welcome! Check out VSCode Comment Anchors for managing and isolating code blocks.

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Corentin Bettiol

Interesting, thank you!

There's a typo for item #25: the title for "Blockmam" should be "Blockman" :)

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lokesh singh tanwar

I'm impressed! Catching that tiny typo shows you really paid attention I love that kind of feedback because it makes the content better for everyone.

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Peter Vivo

Rest Client ( 17th ) is really epic, special for API works, and performance test.

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lokesh singh tanwar

Makes the workflow much smoother

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Martin Baun

I use GitLens daily, but just learned so much more about it. Such a neat and useful tool!

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lokesh singh tanwar

Thanks ! πŸ™Œ Glad to hear you're already a GitLens user and found some new tips

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TD!

Awesome!

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lokesh singh tanwar

Glad you liked it

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Jotty John

Nice!

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lokesh singh tanwar

thanks a lot ❀️

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John Peters

Nice list I found a few I didn't know about. Thanks!

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lokesh singh tanwar

Glad you found some new ones! 😊

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Blessedofofon2

Thanks for your amazing suggestions, I hope to check this out as it will really help me a lot, I have not heard about some of them before. I will sure give a trial.
Weldon

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lokesh singh tanwar

You're welcome! 😊 Definitely give them a try, and feel free to reach out if you need more tips. Good luck! πŸš€

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cumulus13

thank's, there is an extension that i forgot to use

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lokesh singh tanwar

You’re welcome! 😊 Glad the list reminded you of an extension you forgot.

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Sammy Scolling

Here's a 51: Taipy Studio : github.com/Avaiga/taipy

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lokesh singh tanwar

Thanks for the suggestion! πŸ™Œ Taipy Studio looks interestingβ€”I’ll definitely check it out. Appreciate the recommendation! πŸ‘

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Alexhales67

yes; github.com/Avaiga/taipy is a good VSCode extension as well

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lokesh singh tanwar

Thanks for the suggestion! πŸ™Œlooks interestingβ€”I’ll definitely check it out. Appreciate the recommendation! πŸ‘

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Noah

I switched from Tabnine to Codeium.

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lokesh singh tanwar

Nice switch!🀚🏻

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The Eagle πŸ¦…

Yes, vim it's amazing, I hope more people use it so MS keeps releasing new features.

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lokesh singh tanwar

Totally agree! 🎯 Vim is an awesome tool, and the more people use it, the better it’ll get. Let's hope Microsoft keeps the updates coming! πŸš€

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Julian Drets

Great post! thanks

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lokesh singh tanwar

😊 Glad you found it helpful

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Igor Stencel

Great list, I would also mention QuackTrack myself. Helps you stay sane during development, helps find cursor and is super cute!

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=2Guys1Account.quackrack-cursor&ssr=false

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lokesh singh tanwar

Thanks for the suggestion!❀️❀️

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George WL

I think you'd be a fan of this article: dev.to/georgewl/top-5-tricks-for-w...

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lokesh singh tanwar

🀚🏻🀚🏻

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Sunnat Qayumov

Super

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lokesh singh tanwar

thanks buddy ❀️

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be aware of many extensions running will make your vscode getting slower

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lokesh singh tanwar

right🀚🏼

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Mark

You have Peacock duplicated (#25,#38) & Settings sync (#13,#33) so more like 48 plugins.

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lokesh singh tanwar

I’ve re-edited the post and removed the duplicates. It should be all set now. Feel free to check it out again.

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