Visual Studio Code is the most popular software development environment at the moment. It is developed by Microsoft and has a great community and ecosystem to support it. Browse community-created open source extensions that help fill gaps in your productivity needs.
You can speed up development with these tools and improve your collaboration with your teammates. However, the sheer number of options makes it difficult to choose which ones will be most useful. We offer a selection of extensions that will definitely be useful to you.
Color themes let you change the colors in the Visual Studio Code user interface to suit your preferences and work environment.
Even if you are a good programmer, if you don’t take care of proper formatting, your work will become messy. Code formatters help you clean up your code efficiently. It seems more organized and when someone looks at your code it will also help make a positive impression.
These extensions give you the ability to format hundreds of lines of code with the click of a button. But Prettier does not work for all languages.
With this extension you can “subtly change the color of your Visual Studio Code workspace.” This is useful when you have multiple instances of VS Code open and want to categorize them by color. And also when using Live Share to quickly identify your own editor.
This extension will help you create better comments. Color coding for categories comments.
With this extension you will be able to classify your annotations into:
Selects paired parentheses. Although, in the latest version of VS Code this function is built-in.
Project Dashboard is “a plugin that lets you manage projects in a speed dial style.” To quickly access frequently visited folders, files, and SSH remotes, pin them to your dashboard. The Toolbar is a dedicated user interface that can be opened with CMD / CTRL + F1 and set to open automatically. CMD / CTRL + Click launches the project in the current window.
Projects are organized into groups and can be color coded to make them easier to find. The dashboard is used to manage groups and projects.
This extension helps you easily and quickly navigate in code between important positions. No more searching for code. It also supports a set of selection commands that allows you to select bookmark lines and areas between bookmark lines, which is useful for analyzing log files.
Here are some of the features that BookMark offers”:
DevDocs is an open source online software that consolidates documentation for various developer tools into a single searchable interface.
DevDocs has been greatly optimized for mobile devices and is extremely responsive and can be installed on a desktop. It gives easy access to reference manuals for “almost every language and framework/library” and displays all APIs for a particular language as well as their official documentation
The Pomodoro Technique is a time management system that encourages people to work with rather than against the time they have. Using this method, you divide your work day into 25-minute work blocks, separated by five-minute breaks, which provides your brain with a little boost during each sprint of heavy activity. This extension can be used to add a timer to the taskbar.
Code Time is an open source plugin for Visual Studio Code that automates programming metrics and time tracking.
When you’re in a flow, Automatic Flow Mode identifies it and automatically turns off distractions and prevents interruptions.
