Awesome VS Code

A curated list of delightful Visual Studio Code packages and resources. For more awesomeness, check out awesome.

Table of Content

• Official
• Syntax
• Lint and IntelliSense
• C++
• CSS
• Go
• JavaScript
• Typescript
• Markdown
• Python
• Rust
• Themes
• Material-theme
• Base16 Ocean Kit
• Seti
• Atom One Dark Syntax Theme
• An Old Hope Theme
• Productivity
• Azure IoT Toolkit
• Bookmarks
• Copy Relative Path
• Gi
• Git History
• Git Project Manager
• GitLink
• GitLens
• Icon Fonts
• Multiple clipboards
• Path IntelliSense
• Project Manager
• REST Client
• Settings Sync
• Yo
• Formatting/Beautification
• Align
• Auto Close Tag
• Auto Rename Tag
• beautify
• ECMAScript Quotes Transformer
• Paste and Indent
• Sort Lines
• Uncategorized
• Code Runner
• Color Highlight
• Dash
• Debugger for Chrome
• ECMAScript Quotes Transformer
• Editor Config for VS Code
• ftp-sync
• PlatformIO
• Quokka
• Runner
• Slack
• SVG Viewer
• Vim Mode
• Resources for extension developers
• Documentation
• Libraries
• Tools
• Contribute
• License

Official

• Official website
• Source code on GitHub
• Releases (stable channel)
• Releases (insiders channel)
• Monthly iteration plans

Syntax

Language packages extend the editor with syntax highlighting and/or snippets for a specific language or file format.

• Arduino
• CMake
• Dart
• Dockerfile
• EJS
• Elixir
• Elm
• Erlang
• F#
• Fortran
• Handlebars
• Java
• Mason
• Parser 3
• Pascal, or OmniPascal (only for Windows)
• Perl HTML-Template
• Protobuf
• Ruby
• Scala
• Stylus
• Swift
• Twig

Lint and IntelliSense

In case the awesome nirvana that is linting has not yet been unleashed upon you:

lint was the name originally given to a particular program that flagged some suspicious and non-portable constructs (likely to be bugs) in C language source code. The term is now applied generically to tools that flag suspicious usage in software written in any computer language.

Unlike some other editors, VS Code supports IntelliSense, linting, outline out-of-the-box and doesn't require any separate extension to run linter packages. Some linters are already integrated in VS Code, you can find the full list in the official documentation, Languages section.

C++

• C/C++ - Preview C/C++ extension by Microsoft, read official blog post for the details
• gnu-global-tags - Provide Intellisense for C/C++ with the help of the GNU Global tool.
• YouCompleteMe - Provides semantic completions for C/C++ (and TypeScript, JavaScript, Objective-C, Golang, Rust) using YouCompleteMe.
• C/C++ Clang Command Adapter - Completion and Diagnostic for C/C++/Objective-C using Clang command.

CSS

• stylelint - Lint CSS/SCSS.
• Autoprefixer Parse CSS,SCSS, LESS and add vendor prefixes automatically.

Go

• Go - Rich language support for the Go language.

Haskell

• haskell-linter

JavaScript

• eslint - Linter for eslint.
• XO - Linter for XO.
• AVA - Snippets for AVA.
• Prettier - Linter, Formatter and Pretty printer for Prettier.

TypeScript

• tslint - TSLint for Visual Studio Code

Markdown

• markdownlint - Linter for markdownlint.

PHP

• phpcs - PHP CodeSniffer for Visual Studio Code

Python

• Python - Linting, Debugging (multi threaded, web apps), Intellisense, auto-completion, code formatting, snippets, unit testing, and more.

Rust

• Rust - Linting, auto-completion, code formatting, snippets and more

Themes

UI

Unfortunately, VS Code doesn't support custom UI themes yet https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/1833

If you're feeling brave, there are at least two custom UIs for VS Code:

• Essence
• Pragmatic Essence

Syntax

Material-theme

Base16 Ocean Kit

Seti

Atom One Dark Syntax Theme

An Old Hope Theme

Productivity

Azure IoT Toolkit

Everything you need for the Azure IoT development: Interact with Azure IoT Hub; IoT Device Management; Discover Ethernet, USB serial, WiFi connected devices

Bookmarks

Mark lines and jump to them

Copy Relative Path

Copy Relative Path from a File

Gi

Generating .gitignore files made easy.

Git History

View git log, file or line History

Git Project Manager

Automatically indexes your git projects and lets you easily toggle between them

GitLink

GoTo current file's online link in browser and Copy the link in clipboard.

GitLens

Provides Git CodeLens information (most recent commit, # of authors), on-demand inline blame annotations, status bar blame information, file and blame history explorers, and commands to compare changes with the working tree or previous versions.

Icon Fonts

Snippets for popular icon fonts such as Font Awesome, Ionicons, Glyphicons, Octicons, Material Design Icons and many more!

Multiple clipboards

Override the regular Copy and Cut commands to keep selections in a clipboard ring

Path Intellisense

Visual Studio Code plugin that autocompletes filenames

Project Manager

Easily switch between projects.

REST Client

Allows you to send HTTP request and view the response in Visual Studio Code directly.

Settings Sync

Synchronize settings, snippets, themes, file icons, launch, keybindings, workspaces and extensions across multiple machines using Github Gist

Yo

Scaffold projects using Yeoman

Formatting & Beautification

Align

Align text in vscode like the atom-alignment package

Auto Close Tag

Automatically add HTML/XML close tag, same as Visual Studio IDE or Sublime Text

Auto Rename Tag

Auto rename paired HTML/XML tags

beautify

Beautify code in place for VS Code

ECMAScript Quotes Transformer

Transform quotes of ECMAScript string literals

Paste and Indent

Paste code with "correct" indentation

Sort Lines

Sorts lines of text in specific order

Uncategorized

Code Runner

Run code snippet or code file for multiple languages: C, C++, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby, Go, Lua, Groovy, PowerShell, BAT/CMD, BASH/SH, F# Script, C# Script, VBScript, TypeScript, CoffeeScript, Scala, Swift, Julia, Crystal, OCaml Script

Color Highlight

Highlight web colors in your editor

Dash

Dash integration in Visual Studio Code

Debugger for Chrome

A VS Code extension to debug your JavaScript code in the Chrome browser, or other targets that support the Chrome Debugging Protocol.

Editor Config for VS Code

Editor Config for VS Code

ftp-sync

Auto-sync your work to remote FTP server

PlatformIO

An open source ecosystem for IoT development: supports 350+ embedded boards, 20+ development platforms, 10+ frameworks. Arduino and ARM mbed compatible.

Quokka

Rapid prototyping playground for JavaScript and TypeScript in VS Code, with access to your project's files, inline reporting, code coverage and rich output formatting.

Runner

Run various scripts right from VS Code

Slack

Send messages and code snippets, upload files to Slack

SVG Viewer

View an SVG in the editor and export it as data URI scheme or PNG.

Vim Mode

Relatively new, but promising extension implementing Vim features in VSCode. Authors suggest to join their Slack channel for feature requests on your favorite Vim features

Resources for extension developers

Documentation

• Extending Visual Studio Code section of Official Documentation

Libraries

• vscode-set-text - An easy-to-use VS Code #setText() method.
• vscode-test-content - A method to set/get editor content, and it's selection. Especially useful for unit tests.

Tools

• Online TextMate Themes Editor - since VS Code supports TextMate themes, you can create them in this online editor and then create a new VS Code package using Yo Code tool
• Yo Code - Extension Generator
• Open in Code - macOS Finder toolbar app to open current folder in Visual Studio Code

Contribute

Contributions welcome! Read the contribution guidelines first.

License

To the extent possible under law, Valerii Iatsko has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.