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VS Code extensions that every developer should have

Lakshay DesaiLakshay Desai
7/11/2025
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My essential VS Code extensions for productivity:

Coding:

  • GitHub Copilot (game changer)
  • ESLint / Pylint
  • Prettier
  • GitLens

Productivity:

  • Multiple cursor case preserve
  • Bracket Pair Colorizer
  • Error Lens
  • Todo Highlight

Themes:

  • One Dark Pro
  • Material Icon Theme

Languages:

  • Python
  • ES7+ React snippets
  • Tailwind CSS IntelliSense

What extensions can't you live without?


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Tanya Mitra
Tanya Mitra7 months ago

I totally agree with GitLens! It's so helpful for understanding the history of a file. But I've never used Multiple cursor case preserve. Can you explain what it does?

Lucia Jones
Lucia Jones8 months ago

One Dark Pro is really popular but I find it too dark for long coding sessions. Any lighter theme recommendations?

Diego Wilson
Diego Wilson9 months ago

Bracket Pair Colorizer is awesome until it messes up the colors when there are too many nested brackets. Anyone else face this issue?

Michael Kozlov
Michael Kozlov10 months ago

Any suggestions for better extensions for working with Docker? I've been struggling to find a good one.

Rajat Patel
Rajat Patel11 months ago

Material Icon Theme is my favorite. It just makes everything look so clean. Do you find it impacts performance at all?

Nicole Kim
Nicole Kim8/12/2025

I would add Live Server to the list for web development! It makes testing changes in real-time so much easier.

Vaishali Malhotra
Vaishali Malhotra8/6/2025

I really like Todo Highlight for keeping track of things I need to revisit but I feel like my eyes are getting lost when there are too many highlights. Anyone else?

Sachin Dubey
Sachin Dubey7/21/2025

I can't live without ESLint — it's saved me from so many silly errors. But I'm curious how you manage prettier conflicts?