Here is my top 10 VSCode Extensions I use as indie maker to improve my productivity on VSCode:
Code Runner, run code directly inside VSCode
GitHub Pull Requests, managed your pull requests inside VS Code
REST Client, make HTTP request with VSCode. The perfect alternative to Postman and Insomnia.
ESLint, the famous JavaScript inside VS Code
Prettier - Code formatter, the famous JavaScript Code Formatter inside VSCode
Tailwind CSS IntelliSense, add Tailwind CSS support for VSCode
GitLens — Git supercharged, the perfect tool to be more productive with Git
indent-rainbow, add color in indentation and make the code easier to read
DotENV, add syntax highlighting for .env file
vscode-icons, add icons themes for VS Code and make your projects easier to navigate.
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I have published the original post on my blog at https://creativedesignsguru.com/vscode-extensions-web-developers/ if you need all the details.
Hey I posted your article to HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29975429
Thank you so much Scott!
Thank you for adding your list and thank you for sharing on Hacker News!
I didn't expect that at all, it was only a partial list. An update will come with more extensions 😉
Wow! 50 upvotes on HM! My blog traffic has spiked! Thank you again!
You're welcome. What do you typically blog about?
What are you working on at the moment?
I'm mostly talking about web development using React, Next.js, TypeScript and Tailwind CSS.
My main project now is https://nextlessjs.com, a Next.js SaaS Boilerplate to help developers to launch their SaaS product.
Thank you for asking. How about?
Oh cool I was just looking for a Nextjs template for our homepage. I ended up going with https://github.com/Blazity/next-saas-starter.
I'm making a website builder for authors at https://www.wildinkpages.com/. We just put that homepage up last weekend using that template.
Hi Scott, is it a channel I can use to contact you? Thanks in advance
Congratulation on your homepage release! It's always something to launch a new product/website.
You have totally made the right choice to choose using a starter by saving time and focusing more the copy.
By the way, for your next project, I have also built an open source Next JS template https://github.com/ixartz/Next-JS-Landing-Page-Starter-Template. Perfect to build a homepage in Next.js and Tailwind CSS.
Then, when you are ready to go further by building the "behind the scene" part:
My Next.js SaaS Boilerplate is a possible solution to earn your first MRR ;)
I was just thinking of sharing another list I found.
For those doing node monorepos in 2022, the extensions that I think you must use are: