VSCode Resources

External resources, links, and recommendations fo VSCode configuration.

Suggestions from Rudolph, 2022/04

1. Lightweight postman alternative inside vscode

   • REST Client

2. Manage all your unit tests in a neat organised side bar in vscode - check docs for install guide. Also works with basically all test frameworks!

   • Test Explorer UI
   • Test Adapter Converter
   • Python Test Adapter

3. Track how much time you spend on all your projects. also tracks lines of code added/deleted/etc

   • Iceworks Time Master

4. Docker management

   • Docker
   • Dev Containers

5. Django snippets - this extension is a bit hidden away for some reason. This is really awesome for django dev specific snippets for models, forms, views etc. really useful!

   • Djaneiro

6. Python Docstrings - but I'm sure there are better extensions

   • autoDocstring

I have a few other quality of life extensions:

• VSCode Icons - essential
• Color Pick - front end devs looking for colour codes
• Peacock - livens up vscode theme with a splash of colour
• Auto Rename Tag - html auto rename the closing tag
• Auto Close Tag - creates closing tag (helpful when using html in not html files like Vue, but might be unnecessary lol)

Honorary mentions:

• Python Extension Pack
• Project Manager
• Prettier
• Git Extension Pack
• VSCode Counter

All the intellisense extensions for all the languages :) A lot of these extensions have alternatives as well so it's recommended to play around with a few of them.