My favorite VSCode Extensions

VSCode is one of the most popular IDE nowadays. I tried to list here the best and productivity extensions based in my own experience. Also I’ll try to keep this list up-to-date.

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1. VIM (vscodevim)

VSCodeVim is a Vim emulation for Visual Studio Code. That’s not have all Vim features but is good enough.

2. Code Spell Checker

Code Spell Checker is VSCode extension to help catch common spelling errors. In my case I also have Brazilian Portuguese - Code Spell Checker.

3. Github Copilot

GitHub Copilot is an AI pair programmer which suggests line completions and entire function bodies as you type. Unfortunately access to this extension is limited a small group. If you don’t have access to the technical preview, you will see an error when you try to use it.

4. Thunder Client

I’m a big fan of Postman, but with Thunder Client I have the main Postman features without change my IDE.

5. Docker for Visual Studio Code

The Docker extension makes it easier to build apps that leverage Docker containers. The extension helps scaffold needed files, build Docker images, debug your app inside a container, and an explorer that makes it easy to take actions on containers and images such as start, stop, inspect, remove, and more.

Despite not using all feature because I prefer to use command line, this extension is very useful to add in your vscode.

6. Draw.io integration

Draw.io extension is an unofficial extension integrates Draw.io (also known as diagrams.net) into VS Code.

Conclusion

I wrote this article in order to preset useful vscode extensions. I believe this is a work-in-progress, so I’ll keep improve this post soon.