Boosting Your Productivity with VS Code Extensions

Nowen Kottage
MS Club of SLIIT
Published in
3 min readApr 28, 2023

Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is a popular and powerful code editor used by developers worldwide. One of the reasons for its popularity is its extensive support for extensions, which are add-ons that can enhance the functionality of the editor.

In this context, productivity refers to the ability to perform tasks in a more efficient and effective manner. There are several VS Code extensions that can help boost your productivity by streamlining your workflow, automating repetitive tasks, and providing additional functionality.

In this topic, we’ll explore some of the most useful VS Code extensions for increasing productivity, and discuss how they can help you become a more efficient developer.

  1. Github Copilot

While coding, are you looking for an AI pair? Copilot is an excellent choice. Github and Open AI have jointly created Github Copilot. Copilot simply evaluates the code being written and offers ideas in real-time, according to Github copilot promises to improve productivity and assist developers save time. This tool works with a variety of programming languages and frameworks, and the more people use it, the more it learns and gets better.

2. BLACKBOX AI

BLACKBOX AI differs from the copilot in four ways,

a. Code Autocomplete

b. Repo Search

c. Code Search

d. Jupyter Lab & Notebooks

For code search, I would suggest BLACKBOXAI out of these four. In other words, by putting a comment // and concluding with a ‘?’ to activate the BLACKBOXAI code search, you might look up a snippet of code from internet sources like Stack Overflow that is relevant to your job. As an illustration, “//how to get the stock data of Tesla in Python?”.

3. Kite

An AI programming helper. Kite picks up knowledge as you work and offers suggestions when you encounter similar situations.

4. Code GPT

Code GPT is the official VS code extention from Open ai for VS code. But if you are a student or have free access for github pro I would mainly recomment Github copilot as it developed collabaratively by both Open AI and github.

5. VScode-pets

Are you tried? Wanna have a pet near you during coding? Now that is possible our favourite compiler has our pets virtually using this extention.😉

6. Material Icon Theme

Tired of seeing the same Icon theme every day? Material Icon Theme got you covered.

In conclusion, by leveraging the power of VS Code extensions, you can enhance your productivity and streamline your coding process. Whether you need assistance with code navigation, debugging, or simply want to automate certain tasks, there are plenty of extensions available to help you accomplish your goals. By taking the time to explore and experiment with different extensions, you can discover the ones that work best for you and help you become a more efficient and effective programmer.

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