Dope VS Code extensions for a Javascript developer

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3 min readFeb 27, 2018

According to Octoverse 2017, Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code tops the list of Projects with the most contributors. Which implies that there are a lot many developers who absofreakinlutely love VS Code.
Here I have a list of extensions which might not make you a better developer, but for sure would make you feel like one!

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A nifty little command would get me the list of VS code extensions I already have installed

$ code --list-extensionsalefragnani.project-manager
aaron-bond.better-comments
eamodio.gitlens
eg2.vscode-npm-script
formulahendry.code-runner
jamespgilbert.comment-label
schristian-kohler.npm-intellisense
shardulm94.trailing-spaces
steoates.autoimport
streetsidesoftware.code-spell-checker
whtouche.vscode-js-console-utils
xabikos.JavaScriptSnippets

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NPM Intellisense

Git Lens

NPM Scripts

Code Runner

Trailing white spaces

"editor.trimAutoWhitespace": true,
"files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true,

Auto import

Code spell checker

Console utils

Javascript Snippets

imp→ import fs from 'fs';
imn→ import 'animate.css'
imd→ import {rename} from 'fs';
ime→ import * as localAlias from 'fs';
ima→ import { rename as localRename } from 'fs';
enf→ export const log = (parameter) => {console.log(parameter);};
edf→ export default (parameter) => { console.log(parameter);};
ecl→ export default class Calculator { };
ece→ export default class Calculator extends BaseClass { };