My Favorite VS Code extensions in 2019

Dec 27, 19

VSCode has evolved rapibly in the year 2019 and it has gradually replaced IntelliJ IDEA and Eclipse from my workstation. There is been a lot more support for official extensions for various programming tasks. The list below is some of my favorite extensions and settings for VS Code.

Extensions

  1. Material icon theme https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=PKief.material-icon-theme

  2. Java extension pack from microsoft. The defacto extension if you use vscode for Java https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vscjava.vscode-java-pack

  3. Spring Initializr to generate spring boot project https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vscjava.vscode-spring-initializr

  4. Code runner to quickly execute a code snippet https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=formulahendry.code-runner

  5. Spring boot project extension https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Pivotal.vscode-boot-dev-pack

  6. AI based auto-completion for multiple languages https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=VisualStudioExptTeam.vscodeintellicode

  7. A great replacement for Postman REST client https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=humao.rest-client

  8. A code formatter extension https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=esbenp.prettier-vscode