My Favorite VSCode Extensions In 2023

These are my favorite VSCode extensions.

Code Spell Checker

• Spelling well is a very important thing for readability in programming. For this, I use Code Spell Checker.
• There are more than 6,000,000 installs and more than 4.5 stars.
• URL: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=streetsidesoftware.code-spell-checker

Error Lens

• This is another great extension for showing errors in the referred line.
• It has more than 1,400,000 installs and works very well.
• Download URL: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=usernamehw.errorlens

Live Server

• It is a great extension for local development.
• It allows launching a development local server with a live reload feature for static & dynamic pages
• There are more than 29,000,000 installs and more than 4.5 stars.
• Download URL: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ritwickdey.LiveServer

Image Preview

• It allows showing image previews in the gutter and on hover.
• There are more than 1,220,000 installs and more than 4.8 stars.
• Download URL: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=kisstkondoros.vscode-gutter-preview

Thunder Client

• It is a Lightweight Rest API Client for VS Code.
• If you don’t prefer using PostMan or if you need an integrated extension to VSCode for sending requests, it is a great option.
• There are more than 1,610,000 installs and more than 4.8 stars.
• Download URL: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=rangav.vscode-thunder-client

Others

• CSS Formatter (Formatting )
• CSS Peek (Allow peeking to CSS ID and class strings as definitions from HTML files to respective CSS)
• IntelliSense for CSS class names in HTML (CSS class name completion for the HTML class attribute based on the definitions found in your workspace.)
• Material Icon Theme
• One Dark Pro (Theme)
• PHP Intelephense (PHP code intelligence for Visual Studio Code)
• SonarLint (helps you detect and fix quality issues)
• Regex Previewer
• phpcs (PHP CodeSniffer for Visual Studio Code)
• Peacock (Change the workspace color of your workspace)
• Project Manager (Easily switch between projects)
• Tailwind CSS IntelliSensePreview
• Turbo Console Log (Automating the process of writing meaningful log messages.)
• Import Cost (Display import/require package size in the editor)
• Version Lens (Shows the latest version for each package using code lens)