My VS Code Setup

Rutik Patel
5 min readFeb 8, 2023

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Visual Code, commonly known as VS Code, is a famous IDE used by so many programmers for doing their daily programming-related tasks. I am also one of them. So in this article, I am going to share the setup that I have done for the coding in my system with all themes, icons, and extensions.

Created By Author ( Rutik Patel )

Points to be discussed

  1. Theme
  2. Icons
  3. Extensions
  4. Bonus

1) Theme

My all-time favourite and currently set theme is the jellyfish theme.

Download Link : JellyFish Theme

JellyFish Theme

Demo :

JellyFish Theme VS Code

Apart from that, before applying this jellyfish theme, I used

Cobalt 2 Theme Official

Download Link : Cobalt 2

Demo :

Cobalt 2 Theme VS Code

Dark Visual Studio Default Theme

Demo :

Dark Visual Studio Default Theme

2) Icons

It is simple to recognise the file type using the icon. I am using the Material Icons theme, which provides a user-friendly interface.

Material Icon Theme

It is a collection of material design icons.

Download Link : Material Icon Theme

Material Icon Theme

Demo :

Material Icon Theme

3) Extensions

Extensions made our task easy by providing some snippets, showing live changes, collaborating with others, and much more.

Here is the list of the extensions that I use in my day-to-day life.

Auto Close Tag

It automatically adds HTML and XML close tags. It is provided by Jun Han.

Download Link : Auto Close Tag

Auto Close Tag

Auto Rename Tag

It renames the paired HTML/XML tag automatically. It is provided by Jun Han.

Download Link : Auto Rename Tag

Auto Rename Tag

colorize

With the help of this extension, it is easy to visualize CSS colors in your styling files.

This extension adds a background color for each of the written colors.

Download Link : colorize

colorize

Demo :

colorize

CSS Peek

To see the CSS styling code behind any class, div, or tag.

Download Link : CSS Peek

CSS Peek

Demo :

GitLens — Git supercharged

Using this, we can quickly see who wrote a piece of code, easily navigate and explore Git repositories, obtain insightful knowledge through rich visualizations and robust comparison tools, and much more.

Download Link : GitLens — Git supercharged

GitLens — Git supercharged

Highlight Matching Tag

Highlight starting and ending of tags. it is provided by vincaslt.

Download Link : Highlight Matching Tag

Highlight Matching Tag

Demo :

Demo for Highlight Matching Tags

indent-rainbow

Showing indentation in a colored way.

Download Link : indent-rainbow

indent-rainbow

Demo :

indent-rainbow

IntelliSense for CSS class names in HTML

Auto-suggest CSS class names according to our definitions

Download Link : IntelliSense for CSS class names in HTML

Demo :

IntelliSense for CSS class names in HTML

Live Share

Collaborate with your teammate in real time. You can share a live window, terminal, and server as well.

Download Link : Live Share

Live Share

Live Server

It provides live reload functionality in the local server

Download Link : Live Server

Live Server

Polacode

One of the handy tools that are used in daily life to capture your code in an amazing way

Download Link : Polacode

Polacode

Demo :

Captured Code using Polacode

4) BONUS EXTENSIONS

Code Runner

Code Runner

ES Lint

ES Lint

Icons

Icons

Icon Fonts

Icon Fonts

JavaScript (ES6) code snippets

JavaScript (ES6) code snippets

One Dark Pro ( Theme )

One Dark Pro

Power Mode

Power Mode

React Icons

React Icons

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