VS Code must have plugins

• 1. Python Extension
  • 1.1. Python
  • 1.2. Pylance
  • 1.3. autopep8
• 2. Cloud
  • 2.1. AWS Toolkit
• 3. Container
  • 3.1. Docker
• 4. Git
  • 4.1. Github Repositories
  • 4.2. GitHub Pull Requests and Issues
• 5. PHP
  • 5.1. PHP Debug
  • 5.2. PHP Intelephense
  • 5.3. Laravel Blade Snippets
  • 5.4. Laravel Blade Spacer
  • 5.5. Laravel goto view
  • 5.6. Laravel Snippets
  • 5.7. PHP Namespace Resolver
• 6. Others
  • 6.1. Colonize
  • 6.2. Colonize
  • 6.3. Minify
  • 6.4. Prettier – Code formatter
  • 6.5. vscode-faker
  • 6.6. REST Client

VS code become every developers favourite text editor because it has a lot of extension to expand the power to do different jobs. I listed some of the must of extensions that I have tried.

1. Python Extension

1.1. Python

IntelliSense (Pylance), Linting, Debugging (multi-threaded, remote), Jupyter Notebooks, code formatting, refactoring, unit tests, and more.

1.2. Pylance

A performant, feature-rich language server for Python in VS Code

1.3. autopep8

Python autopep8 formatter.

2. Cloud

2.1. AWS Toolkit

The AWS Toolkit extension for Visual Studio Code enables you to interact with Amazon Web Services (AWS)

3. Container

3.1. Docker

Makes it easy to create, manage, and debug containerized applications.

4. Git

4.1. Github Repositories

Remotely browse and edit any GitHub repository

4.2. GitHub Pull Requests and Issues

Pull Request and Issue Provider for GitHub

5. PHP

5.1. PHP Debug

Debug support for PHP with Xdebug

5.2. PHP Intelephense

PHP code intelligence for Visual Studio Code

5.3. Laravel Blade Snippets

Laravel blade snippets and syntax highlight support

5.4. Laravel Blade Spacer

Automatically add spaces in Laravel Blade template tags

5.5. Laravel goto view

This extension is enabled globally.

5.6. Laravel Snippets

Laravel snippets for Visual Studio Code (Support Laravel 5 and above)

5.7. PHP Namespace Resolver

Import and expand php namespaces

6. Others

6.1. Colonize

Adds semicolon at the end of the line and optionally newline after

6.2. Colonize

Adds semicolon at the end of the line and optionally newline after

6.3. Minify

Minify for VS Code. Minify with command, and (optionally) re-minify on save.

6.4. Prettier – Code formatter

Code formatter using prettier

6.5. vscode-faker

Generate fake data for name, address, lorem ipsum, commerce and much more

6.6. REST Client

Postman alternative

• Write post header request. Save as .rest extension.
• Cmd + Alt + R or Right click -> Send request