5 VSCode Extensions I Use Daily to Manage My Remote Teams

VSCode Extensions that, as a lead front-end developer and architect, I can’t live without.

Ben Newton
Geek Culture

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I work with multiple Front End Development teams on multiple projects. To work with my teams in the most efficient way possible, there are a few VSCode extensions I have come to rely on to streamline my day. It amazes me how far VSCode has come in the last few years. Writing this reminded me of how so many things used to be so difficult, not all that long ago.

GitLens — Git Supercharged

GitLens supercharges the Git capabilities built into Visual Studio Code. It helps you to visualize code authorship at a glance via Git blame annotations and code lens, seamlessly navigate and explore Git repositories, gain valuable insights via powerful comparison commands, and so much more.
From: GitLens VSCode Marketplace Page

GitLens is truly the one extension I cannot live without. My job would be so much more difficult without it. I am constantly viewing other developers' code and always trying to determine why they wrote something the way they did. There was a time before Git that you had to physically hunt down people and ask them if they made these changes to a file. Maybe because I remember these times, the ability…

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Ben Newton
Geek Culture

Consultant, Full Stack Developer with 25+ years of experience. https://BenENewton.com