20 VS Code Extensions to INCREASE Productivity 2024 + Themes, Icons, & Shortcuts

 

Boosting productivity in Visual Studio Code (VS Code) can be significantly aided by utilizing the right extensions. Here is a comprehensive list of 20 VS Code extensions, including themes, icons, and shortcuts, that can help enhance your coding efficiency and experience in 2024.

Productivity Extensions

1. Prettier - Code Formatter

   • Automatically formats your code to ensure consistency.
   • Prettier

2. ESLint

   • Integrates ESLint into VS Code to identify and fix problems in your JavaScript code.
   • ESLint

3. GitLens

   • Enhances Git capabilities by providing insights into code changes.
   • GitLens

4. Live Server

   • Launches a local development server with live reload feature for static & dynamic pages.
   • Live Server

5. Path Intellisense

   • Auto-completes filenames in your project.
   • Path Intellisense

6. Bracket Pair Colorizer 2

   • Highlights matching brackets with the same color.
   • Bracket Pair Colorizer 2

7. Settings Sync

   • Syncs your settings, extensions, and snippets across different machines.
   • Settings Sync

8. REST Client

   • Allows you to send HTTP requests and view responses directly in VS Code.
   • REST Client

9. Todo Tree

   • Shows TODO comments within your code as a tree view.
   • Todo Tree

10. Markdown All in One

    • Provides Markdown editing capabilities including preview, shortcuts, and auto-formatting.
    • Markdown All in One

11. Polacode

    • Creates beautiful screenshots of your code snippets.
    • Polacode

12. Remote - SSH

    • Allows you to open any folder on a remote machine using SSH and take advantage of VS Code’s features.
    • Remote - SSH

Themes

13. One Dark Pro

    • One of the best dark themes inspired by Atom’s One Dark theme.
    • One Dark Pro

14. Dracula Official

    • A dark theme for a multitude of applications.
    • Dracula Official

15. Solarized Dark

    • A balanced color scheme designed with readability in mind.
    • Solarized Dark

Icons

16. Material Icon Theme

    • Provides a huge set of icons for different file types and folders.
    • Material Icon Theme

17. VSCode Icons

    • Adds a set of vibrant and customizable icons.
    • VSCode Icons

Shortcuts and Snippets

18. Code Snippets

    • A collection of useful snippets for JavaScript, TypeScript, and other languages.
    • JavaScript (ES6) code snippets

19. Project Manager

    • Easily switch between projects.
    • Project Manager

20. Better Comments

    • Improves the readability of your comments by enabling you to use color-coded annotations.
    • Better Comments

These extensions can significantly enhance your productivity by automating repetitive tasks, improving code readability, and providing a more pleasant development environment.