VS Code is a powerful editor, and with the help of extensions, it can be customized to fit your specific needs. Here are some of the most helpful extensions for web development that I use:
- Rainbow brackets/ Bracket Pair Colorizer – As the name suggests gives the opening and closing brackets matching colors, making it much easier to know which brackets belong together. It really helps while writing long complex database queries and functions.
2. Git lens – GitLens helps you understand code. It lets you quickly see who changed a line of code, why they did it, and when it happened. You can also go back in time to see how the code evolved and why.
3. Turbo Console log- The Turbo Console Log extension streamlines the process of creating a meaningful log message. This makes debugging much easier. But the default shortcut does not work for some users, so changing the shortcut from ctrl+alt+L to ctrl+alt+K is a nice workaround.
4. Trailing Spaces – This extension simply highlights trailing spaces and helps to remove them
5. Live Server – Live Server has a live reload feature for both static and dynamic pages. This will allow developers to see the changes they make in real-time, without having to refresh the page manually.
6. Colorize – The extension makes it very easy to see at a glance which colors you’re using where, which can be helpful when designing a website or app
Hope it is useful!