Top 5 Visual Studio Extensions of 2021
Created and recorded by Aman Chhina. August 2021
1. Introduction
2. What is my criteria for these extensions.
3. Go through each extension, giving a small demonstration if possible.
4. Review
5. Outro
Introduction to video concept
Criteria for how I choose these VS extensions is based on QOL improvements when I code, improve efficiency when I code, or improve my ability to debug when I code.
First extension is Prettier, it is an auto formatter that formats your code based on the linting setup you provide it. Great for increasing legibility, consistency throughout a codebase and saves you incredible amount of time from having to format your code yourself.
Second and Third extension go hand in hand: Bracket Pair Colorizer 2 and Indent-Rainbow, which is kind of what they sound like. Rainbow indent provides different colours for each indent layer and Bracket Pair Colorizer colours corresponding opening and closing brackets so its easier to navigate which bracket corresponds to what. This is great for legibility and for debugging purposes with multi nested items.
Fourth is live share, which is a collaborative tool and allows for pair coding. Great to pick up intangibles such as navigating the codebase, though process, and allows to work on the same or similar items in the code for multiple parties at once.
Fifth is Material UI theme and Material UI theme icon, which allows you to customize your VS theme and icons to something that is more visually appealing to you, the additional support of icons in material ui icons can also allow for easier navigation between files.
Review extensions
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