Here are some of the most useful extensions for VS Code for web development, categorized based on your needs:
PHP Extensions:
- PHP Intelephense
- Provides powerful auto-completion, IntelliSense, and code navigation for PHP.
- PHP Debug
- Debugging PHP code with Xdebug directly in VS Code.
- PHP DocBlocker
- Helps generate PHP DocBlock comments for functions and classes.
- PHP IntelliSense
- Offers autocompletion, code linting, and error checking for PHP.
WordPress Extensions:
- WordPress Snippet
- A collection of useful WordPress code snippets for faster development.
- WordPress Theme Snippets
- A quick way to insert common WordPress theme code snippets into your editor.
- WordPress Hooks IntelliSense
- Provides IntelliSense for WordPress action and filter hooks, making development faster.
- PHP Intelephense (also for WordPress)
- Great for WordPress theme or plugin development, with full support for PHP code.
JavaScript Extensions:
- ESLint
- Lints your JavaScript (and JSX) code to ensure it adheres to your coding standards.
- Prettier – Code Formatter
- Automatically formats your JavaScript (and other files) according to defined rules.
- JavaScript (ES6) code snippets
- Adds commonly used JavaScript code snippets like
const
,let
,function
, and others.
- Adds commonly used JavaScript code snippets like
- Jest
- Provides an integration for Jest (for unit testing JavaScript), with features like running tests directly from VS Code.
- Debugger for Chrome
- Debug JavaScript running in Google Chrome directly in VS Code.
- JavaScript Booster
- Adds useful JavaScript snippets for modern JavaScript development.
JSX Extensions:
- ES7 React/Redux/GraphQL/React-Native snippets
- Includes snippets for JSX, React, Redux, and other React-related technologies.
- Reactjs Code Snippets
- A collection of snippets to boost productivity when working with ReactJS.
- Prettier – Code Formatter (also for JSX)
- Formats JSX, React, and other JavaScript-based files.
- React PropTypes Generate
- Automatically generates PropTypes for React components.
HTML Extensions:
- HTML Snippets
- A collection of useful HTML snippets for quick insertion of HTML tags.
- Auto Close Tag
- Automatically closes HTML and XML tags, improving editing speed.
- Auto Rename Tag
- Automatically renames matching HTML/XML tags when you modify one.
- HTML CSS Support
- Provides CSS IntelliSense in your HTML files, making it easier to link styles.
- Emmet
- A must-have for HTML and CSS development. Emmet allows you to write abbreviations that are expanded into full HTML tags (e.g.,
div.container>ul>li*5
becomes the structure of an unordered list).
- A must-have for HTML and CSS development. Emmet allows you to write abbreviations that are expanded into full HTML tags (e.g.,
Other Useful Extensions:
- Live Server
- Launches a local development server with live reload support for static and dynamic pages. Extremely useful for HTML, CSS, and JS development.
- GitLens
- Enhances VS Code’s Git capabilities, offering insights into your Git history, file changes, and contributors.
- Path Intellisense
- Auto-completes filenames and file paths, making it easier to work with links to assets, files, etc.
- CSS Peek
- Allows you to peek into CSS files by clicking on HTML classes or IDs, making it easier to navigate between styles and HTML.
- Bracket Pair Colorizer
- Makes it easy to identify matching brackets in your code by coloring them.
- CSS Grid
- Helps with learning and using CSS Grid Layout by showing the grid structure directly in VS Code.
- NPM Intellisense
- Auto-completion for npm modules in your
import
statements.
- Auto-completion for npm modules in your
- Docker
- Useful if you’re working with Docker containers in your web development environment.
- Remote – SSH
- Connect to remote servers via SSH directly from VS Code, ideal for working on cloud-based servers or remote development environments.
- Markdown All in One
- Great for writing and previewing Markdown files with ease. Perfect for documentation or blog posts.
Bonus:
- Settings Sync
- Sync your VS Code settings, extensions, and configurations across multiple machines, keeping your environment consistent.