20 Essential VS Code Extensions In 2024

20 extensions for Visual Studio Code to increase your productivity.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
1:08 - Prettier
1:56 - GitHub Copilot
3:05 - Live Server
3:35 - Multiple Cursor Case Preserve
4:29 - Git History
4:48 - Git Lens
5:26 - Code Runner
5:49 - Markdown Preview Enhanced
6:21 - Console Ninja
6:56 - RegEx Snippets
7:30 - Polacode
8:05 - Code Spell Checker
8:53 - Document This
9:19 - ChatGPT
9:57 - Peacock
10:41 - Postman
11:17 - REST Client
11:45 - Bookmarks
12:07 - Codiumate/Codium AI
12:44 - Quokka
13:24 - Wrap Up

[@TraversyMedia]

Let us know which VS Code extensions that you use daily

[@TheSpecialOne7]

Mostly all of them

[@olaniyisunday4308]

Which vscode theme are you using

[@TheSpecialOne7]

@@olaniyisunday4308 monokai

[@kidushh4426]

For code screenshot I prefer "code snap", but all are very imoprtant extensions thank you for sharing!

[@koxafis]

I use Background by Katsute. The best extension if you want a background while coding. It's actually neat, and you get used to it pretty quickly. You can even put gifs and it's amazing. Also, I use a custom program to color rotate the hue of the colors of the borders of my editor, just like with rgb strip LEDs. Though this is a hack as I just update the settings.json on an interval which is not ideal. I wish there was an extension like that but I don't have the time to make it.

[@bobdpa]

Always nice to see videos from Traversy. I'm 10 years into my career and absolutely would not have learned as much as I did without Brad. Thank you!

[@craigleppan7164]

Thanks, keeping me in tune like you always do. Great.

[@v1r47]

I have been your subscriber since the start of my career. It is always so nice to watch your videos. I see you shed a lot of weight. Keep going man. Love everything that you do for the community.

[@MateuszModrzejewski]

Great video as always! I've been looking for something like Polacode for a while now. Will give some of the other ones a try as well 😀

[@kerimtim]

Brad. Thank you so much, your content is undeniably great and to the point!

[@dlouhavideacz]

Thanks Brad, you and Will are actually my gurus and mentors.

[@stefangajic9207]

Material Icon Theme, Image preview, Color Highlight, Auto Rename Tag, Auto Close Tag... Some simple extensions that make my life easier.

[@teerawatwcprtn]

Thank you so much for sharing

[@outis99]

I recently started using Git lens at work, it's a must have for when working in a team

[@IRgEEK]

Thanks for the updated recommendations!

[@cbbcbb6803]

Why does Visual Studio Code have such a large number of extensions and other editors do not?

[@poncardas]

As always, thanks Brad!

[@outis99]

Oh my god Multiple cursor case preserve is a game changer, I literally run in to this problem almost every day, THANK YOU

[@mdcode]

Do you have the link to the official extension, the one he is using

[@outis99]

@@mdcode Pretty sure it's this one, just copy paste the id: Cardinal90.multi-cursor-case-preserve

[@TraversyMedia]

Yeah, something so simple but so useful

[@theDanielJLewis]

Great list! I added several of these. I especially like Multiple Cursor Case Preserve, which is going to be such a timesaver for me! Note on the Postman extension. After months of frustration, I found that _it_ was the reason the Refresh Browser extension wasn't refreshing when I would press Cmd-R.

[@philipbollen4609]

In my base profile I always include 3 must-have extensions, - Better Comment, and whenever I include custom comments I make sure to save them in the workspace so everybody has the same highlighting - Path intellisense, although not always needed whenever you start using paths in a project this one saves my time And the best for last, - Sonarlint, I absolutely love this extension, it works for multiple languages, and tells me all the code-smells which are in my projects (plus a simple page why it's bad and what it should be)

[@dancehalllyrics1303]

For the screenshot extension, I use one called Snipped. It works mostly in the same way as Polacode (which I didn’t know of beforehand), but the benefit of Snipped over Polacode is that it actually takes a screenshot of the code you’ve highlighted (or the entire file by default, if no specific part of your code has been selected).

[@Kloud9Creative]

Looking good, Brad. I haven’t seen a vid pop up in quite some time.

[@TraversyMedia]

Thanks! Yeah the KZbin algorithm hates me lol. I refuse to do clickbait titles and 3 minute over-excited videos and that seems to be what works these days 🤷‍♂

[@chivicks_hazard]

​@@TraversyMediawell at least I'll always your vids when they come up 😊

[@zoltanhorvathandsomenumbers]

​@@TraversyMedia That is why I love your content in the first place. You have a characteristic, calm voice, great style of speaking, coherent, slow pace, good quality content. Maybe that is not so popular nowadays, I really appreciate the value.

[@2ru2pacFan]

Thank you Brad 🔥

[@go_better]

Thanks a lot! Awesome tutorial.

[@bibilicalbaby]

i think it's been a minute, good job

[@juansanchez1616]

Bookmarks is my favorite, I didn't know about it, thanks!!!

[@dalar2]

This was great, thank you!

[@aronstone2700]

Awesome Video. Here are other good general Extensions I use: 1. Auto Close Tag - Automatically add HTML/XML close tag 2. Better Comments - create more human-friendly comments 3. Black Formatter - Python Text Formatter 4. Color Highlight - css/web colors found in your document.

[@1995taunus]

Thank you for the great video!

[@mahdiandalib186]

thx man, you are the best

[@fahimsautomation1288]

Thanks for sharing Awesome😀

[@BRBS360]

Reopen closed Editor is like reopening a closed tab in browser. Very useful if you accidentally closed a file and quickly want to reopen it (also uses the Ctrl + Shift + T shortcut like in a browser).

[@bennyvalentine8221]

Dude you look so healthy. I took a 3 year break from coding its good to see you.

[@carlosrangel4500]

Awesome, Brad

[@Alazuofficial]

Thank you Sir!

[@2pacgamer]

Thanks Brad, so useful !! :D

[@nathandereje345]

Added 4 on my lists, Tnx !!

[@fran_sar]

Awesome video! Thank you

[@JonBrookes]

Thanks Brad, some I've not seen before and will now use. Your the boss. You asked about vscode extensions we use a lot, I have to say Dev Containers by MS. I use this daily and clone repos in container volumes in conjuration with Docker. It can take a bit of getting used to but has become a daily driver for me personally. I get consistent and reproducible dev environments and can switch from one system to another, syncing as I go. This makes me happy. Hope your doing ok.

[@sbylk99]

Thank you sir very much!

[@AngelHdzMultimedia]

Thanks very useful🎉🔥

[@aymenbachiri-yh2hd]

Thank you , post more videos like this

[@adrianmowat]

'chmod' and 'duplicate action' - simple but handy extensions. I used to have one in Atom that would automatically set the executable bit on any file with a `#!` line at the top but I have never found an equivalent in VSCode

[@adm1nistration]

was just scrubbing my subscriptions after my daughter subscribed to every roblox channel there is and saw this again. You helped me starting in web dev my dude, legend!

[@kevinfoendoe6987]

Very nice tutorial.

[@VaibhavShewale]

some of them are really amazing

[@code_with_sheynet]

Weldone Brad

[@tejusr5525]

Todo tree is also nice.

[@fromagetriste]

you need to explain what it does for this to be a good comment

[@AlVerGmz]

Really appreciate the one "Multiple cursor case preserve" existing, thanks for the video and for letting me know it existed. Couple of them not mentioned here really good for me would be: - CodeMetrics - for code complexity - indent-rainbow - to add colors to the tabs of your file so you know what's the beginning and what's the end in a function with multiple ifs for example - Template String Converter - if you type ${ inside a simple quote with " or ' it will transform it to ` so you don't need to go and do it yourself everytime

[@syedmohammadsannan964]

If someone truly needs indent-rainbow, it is very likely that they are writing bad code. One normally shouldn't have more than 3 nested if (or similar) statements, and that too, is being generous.

[@monkeydluffy2063]

indent-rainbow feature has been available in vscode for a while now, you can uninstall the extension and turn the native feature on in settings

[@monkeydluffy2063]

@@syedmohammadsannan964Ever thought about accessibility, maybe people have sight issues?

[@syedmohammadsannan964]

@@monkeydluffy2063 You do have a good point there but I did say "likely" in my statement, there are quite a few valid use cases :)

[@syedmohammadsannan964]

@@monkeydluffy2063 Wait, are you sure it's a native feature in VSCode now? The closest thing I can access is simply a highlight on the current indent you are on.

[@muhamedmouzoun]

I'm still learning! I only use prettier and live server. I'm trying to do everything by myself.

[@johnnkereuwem9295]

Hi Traversy hope you are good, noticed your looks has changed and very noticable, do take of yourself and great job you've done.

[@hashimabbas2508]

The OG ❤

[@mitrajeetgolsangi3586]

Error lens is also nice to quickly find out errors detected in the code

[@RayAndrewsDev]

Some really nice ones in there.

[@sujoykrhaldar]

There is an extension called colourised brackets i guess which is super helpful for maintaining brackets related errors

[@TravisHi_YT]

Some of my unmentioned daily essentials: - Powermode - Rainbow indent - Todo Tree

[@Andris_Briedis]

The problem with "multiple cursors" type extensions, at least for me, is that you don't have to use them often enough to be worth learning them, remembering the commands. But even if I learn them, I forget them because I don't have to use them that often. So 50/50.

[@TravisHi_YT]

ctrl+d is something every developer should know and use frequently, I feel like it's way faster than search and replace inside a single file

[@adrianmowat]

Agreed but I'd definitely recommend learning to use the multi-cursor features of VSCode because they are an absolutely massive time saver.

[@tuananhdo1870]

Oh, you dont have to do anyyhig wiyh that extension. Just install it and done

[@NuncNuncNuncNunc]

With Console Ninja I've found that the logger is not useful, but what is useful is the count of times a message is logged, i.e. how many time a block is run. Could be useful to check if API is being called more than expected, for example. Would love it if the tool were actually dedicated to this and producing a summary of all marked locations.

[@ChichaGad]

TabNine AI Autocomplete can be a free alternative to Copilot, especially because it can operate on 2 modes, locally trained data, and cloud data, or better yet hybrid Also, great video Brad!

[@user-ez5xj9hq5b]

it's been a long time since i've seen one of these videos popup

[@sadique_x_]

i miss them

[@andrewshorts1198]

Thunder Client can replace PostMan

[@thelastninja4825]

i think PostMan is better

[@kishorekevin5372]

No , thunder client so far better, give it a try

[@2u841r]

Or Hoppscotch?

[@kishorekevin5372]

@2u841r yeah , it's also a perfect app

[@kishorekevin5372]

@@2u841r yeah its also a perfect app

[@AlphaFrog1021]

instead of postman I use thunder client which is pretty good, you don't need to create account.

[@447necro8]

Some other good ones: - Auto Close Tag - Auto Rename Tag - Bracket Lens - Copy Filename - Change Case

[@johnnydriesen7575]

Thanks for your time & effort. Great vid, as always. One question... When explaing Quokka, you type "clg TAB" and it replaces into "console.log"... Did you write your own code-snippets, or is this an existing one (from a package, I mean) Thanks in advance for your time to reply.

[@dev-akeel]

No it is by default in vscode without any extension

[@johnnydriesen7575]

@@dev-akeel Didn't know about that... Thanks for replying.

[@vinaykumarkharwar177]

@@johnnydriesen7575 You can also install many such extensions in vscode

[@VforVanish]

Looking buff!

[@codeozz]

sir, which theme do you use?

[@THEJPIndustry]

Are these extensions also available fr phpstorm? If not can you please make a video about goo phpstorm addons

[@Orionus83]

I used to a few extensions to git, but Git Graph is the best.

[@JoseMVelazquez]

I'm trying to reduce my extension dependency (in editors, browsers, Linux), VSCode has built in formatting and linting for html, css, javascript... It might not be as feature rich as Prettier but, at least for me, it does the job.

[@davitgogidze4310]

When should we expect your next course on Laravel?

[@LasTCursE69]

I usually like writing my own regexes, but it's nice to know about this extension now as well :D

[@programmingintrouble]

neovim and lunar vim ?

[@yodkwtf]

what vscode theme is this?

[@lahmouriakram6433]

Are all the github copilot alternatives gated behind a wallet ?

[@elidvenega3017]

Have the same hat but in blue

[@renehoxha6393]

What do you think about devin

[@LEGnewTube]

Surprised Codeium isn't on here instead of Copilot. It's incredible, I've heard it's better than Copilot, and it's free. Even more surprised that VS Code Pets isn't on here.

[@owaisahmed7820]

Yes, good I'm using. It's free

[@_thechriscast]

Don’t forget my Tab Jumper extension

[@simpingsyndrome]

BiomeJS is a replacement for Eslint and Prettier(Web Dev)

[@monkeydluffy2063]

I feel it is important to mention that ChatGPT is actually not from openai but developed by someone else. Although dev name is visible but still be careful.

[@nishantchandgude9037]

Please make a similar video for the chrome extension for developers like AI tools and hacks

[@danishimwe278]

live share for remote share and collaboration

[@DrewLandgrave]

Fyi Live Server on M2 mac can leave an orphaned node process with a memory leak that will ear up your CPU and RAM.

[@Prointech05]

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[@kirillvoloshin2065]

thunder client looks much easier and doesn't propmpt for an account

[@KamalJyotwal10]

looking so slim

[@AnupSharma6191]

How to disable all extensions except using one in vscode?

[@LeoMcPherson-uv5qm]

i've got a challenge, try building an i-message clone with complete features

[@almannazyrov394]

Brad, barely recognised you😮

[@Design_no]

Quokka is pronounced Kwokker. In real life Its a small marsupial that is native to Rottnest Island, a small island off the West Australian coast.

[@user-us3bs8px3m]

Multiple Cursor Case Preserve (new to me) Git History (always ignored, not again) Console Ninja (new to me) RegEx Snippets (new to me) REST Client (always ignored, not again)

[@Andris_Briedis]

One of the very, very convenient things about PhpStorm is - no saving. More precisely, autosave. I forgot about ctrl + s. And if I have to work in some other environment, it is immediately painful. At first it was unusual. But now it is so organic that it is not understandable how it could be otherwise. And as long as you haven't closed the IDE, ctrl + z works. Plus there's always git reset. Maybe VS also has something like that.

[@shajjadshaju]

1st cmmnt

[@user-kx9hc1jg6x]

1. Auto Complete Tag: include Auto Close Tag and Auto Rename Tag. 2. Better Comments: more human-friendly comments 3. color-highlight 4. Error Lens 5. Git Graph 6. Open in Browser 7. Path Intellisense

[@user-kx9hc1jg6x]

8. Project Manager

[@darianmorat]

You missed the most important one... VIM EXTENSION

[@mahmoudelagamy3761]

What is VIM ?

[@maximumcockage6503]

I don't know how I'd feel about having Postman inside VS Code. Feels like it'd be too cluttered, in my opinion.

[@nomad100hd]

There are far better options for a development server than Live Server, such as Prepros, BrowserSync, or PHP development server.

[@hpn1427]

Where did your cheeks go? :) Looking good!

[@cyc00000]

I have found Phind to be far more useful than Copilot. I use both, but probably phind 80% copilot 20% of the time. They're both good, however phind is better.

[@somerandomdude-hoyeaaaaa]

I use neovim btw 😂

[@novantha1]

0. Lazyvim

[@Andris_Briedis]

"Pretty" one of the things I don't like is that he removes the "unnecessary" parentheses. The code should be easily human readable. Not for the machine. The machine doesn't care. If I have written "x + y + z + (i * m)" I want it to remain so. Not the "cleaner" "x + y + z + i * m"

[@JeanDidier]

Oh Brad you're growing old too fast. Hope you're doing well

[@Apis035]

Good list but this isn't for me. Should've changed the title to "20 Essential VS Code Extensions for Web Developer in 2024"