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NIKHIL GAUTAM
NIKHIL GAUTAM

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VS Code Tips & Tricks & Extensions

  1. Code Runner - Run your code with just one click.
  2. Live Server Extension - Each time you save your code, you’ll quickly see the progressions
  3. JavaScript (ES6) Code Snippets - This extension includes all code snippets for JavaScript programming in ES6 syntax for Vs Code editor.
  4. HTML and CSS Support - HTML id and class with auto-complete functionalities for Visual Studio Code. You can see a rundown of id and class suggested ideas by pressing ctrl + space.
  5. jQuery Code Snippets - provides Over 130 jQuery Code Snippets for JavaScript code. To use this extension effectively Just type the letters ‘jq’ in your code editor to get a list of all available jQuery Code Snippets.
  6. Tailwind CSS IntelliSense - autocomplete, syntax highlighting, and linting.
  7. ES7+ React/Redux/React-Native snippets
  8. Live Preview - live preview for HTML
  9. Markdown Emoji - to add emoji
  10. Thunder Client - lightweight Rest API Client Extension (An alternative for Postman)
  11. Code Spell Checker -

For Beautifying your Code

  1. Auto Rename Tag - Automatically rename paired HTML/XML tag
  2. Prettier – Code Formatter
  3. Better Comments - Add meaningful comments..

[ * ] for highlighted text
[ ! ] for errors and warnings
[ ? ] for queries and questions
[ // ] for strikethrough

Themes :

  1. Atom One Dark Theme
  2. Dracula
  3. Cobalt2 Theme Official
  4. One Dark Pro
  5. Shades of Purple
  6. Palenight Theme 7.Monokai Pro 8.Material Theme

Icons :
1.Material Icon Theme
2.vscode-icons
3.Easy icon theme
4.Nomo Dark Icon Theme

Enable Emmet for JSX & Typescript

Go to setting.json file and paste this code below.

"emmet.includeLanguages": {
    "javascript": "javascriptreact",
    "typescript": "typescriptreact"
}
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Christophe Colombier

I like your list, but I would suggest you to add links to extensions.

First to make it easier, you know we, developers, are hard workers, but also damn lazy 😅

But also because it avoid the confusion about what extension you are talking about exactly. For example for code runner, there are few extensions that could match.

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NIKHIL GAUTAM

Okay I'll add the link.

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Christophe Colombier

Thanks for doing it