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One of the many great things about VS Code is it's extensibility, and the many extensions that are out there in the marketplace. This is a list of extensions I use and wanted to share with you.

Since all extensions provide pretty to very good documentation, I won't go into too much detail about them.

HTML and CSS

Emmet

Emmit is already pre installed on VS Code, and it helps you to create HTML and CSS really quickly.

Live Server

Makes developing pure HTML and CSS websites a lot easier.

CSS Peek

Allows you to see and edit CSS from a mini window from your HTML.

After installing, when you hit F12, it opens a mini window that allows you to edit the CSS right away without leaving the HTML. Hit Esc to get out of it.

Themes

Material Theme

One of the most popular themes for VS Code. Just search for Material Theme in the extensions Marketplace. It comes with several different looks.

To change the theme you can use Ctrl+k+t.

Code Highlighting and formatting

Color Highlight

This plugin highlights RGB or Hex colors right in the editor. You can change the marker type in settings → Color highlight.

Bracket pair colorizer 2

Bracket pair colorizer 2 is the successor of the very popular Bracket pair colorizer extension.

It colorizes the brackets in programming languages so you can see matching brackets better. In settings.json you can set the colors to be used for each level.

    "bracket-pair-colorizer-2.colors": [
        "#00BCD4",
        "#CDDC39",
        "#EC407A",
        "#9C27B0"
    ]

You can changes these colors to your liking.

Prettier - Code Formatter

There are a couple of extensions that will make your code prettier. The most popular is Prettier - Code Formatter. It does exactly what it says, it makes your code prettier.

Snippets

There are several extensions that use can use to create snippets. I don't use them very often, but to some people they can be very useful. Just search for a snippet library for your language and install it.

Git

Git Project Manager

Allows you to change easily between git projects.

GitLens

GitLens supercharges the Git capabilities built into Visual Studio Code. It helps you to visualize code authorship at a glance via Git blame annotations and code lens, seamlessly navigate and explore Git repositories, gain valuable insights via powerful comparison commands, and so much more.

Git Graph

View a Git Graph of your repository, and perform Git actions from the graph.

DocFX

DocFX Assistant

An extension for VS Code that provides tools for authoring content using Microsoft DocFX.

Markdown

Markdown All in One

All you need for Markdown (keyboard shortcuts, table of contents, auto preview and more).

Markdown Table Formatter

A simple markdown plugin to format tables.

YAML

YAML Language Support by Red Hat, with built-in Kubernetes and Kedge syntax support

XML

XML Language Support by Red Hat

PowerShell

Develop PowerShell scripts in Visual Studio Code!