Favorite VSCode Extensions

VSCode-extensions.md

Code Spell Checker

• catch silly spelling errors in your code
• helps correct spelling mistakes AND misspelling variable names
• https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=streetsidesoftware.code-spell-checker

Highlight Matching Tag

• will be helpful next week onward
• highlights matching HTML tags in your code
• https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vincaslt.highlight-matching-tag

indent-rainbow

• makes indentation easier to read by colorizing each layer
• https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=oderwat.indent-rainbow

Relative Path

• using shift + cmd + H you can find the relative file path for files needed for import/require statements
• https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jakob101.RelativePath

Path Intellisense

• helps suggestion and autocomplete file paths when importing files
• https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=christian-kohler.path-intellisense

Window Colors

• great if you keep multiple VSCode windows open at once (like referencing other codebases)
• will colorize each window a different color to easily switch between them
• https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=stuart.unique-window-colors