Top 5 VS Code Extensions for Web Development

There are many useful extensions for Visual Studio Code that can improve the development workflow for web developers. Here are the top 5 VS Code extensions for web development:

1. Auto Rename Tag

This extension is helpful for HTML and JSX code. It automatically renames the corresponding opening or closing tag when one tag is renamed. This saves time and reduces errors.

1. Prettier - Code formatter

Prettier is a popular code formatter that can format HTML, CSS and JavaScript code. It enforces a consistent style and saves developers time from manual formatting.

npm install --save-dev prettier

Then configure VS Code to format files on save:

"editor.formatOnSave": true,
"[html]": {
  "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode"
},
"[javascript]": {
  "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode" 
},
"[css]": {
  "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode"
}

1. ESLint

ESLint catches syntax and style issues in JavaScript code. It can be configured according to your style guide preferences.

npm install --save-dev eslint eslint-plugin-react

Then install the VS Code ESLint extension.

1. Live Server

The Live Server extension provides a local development server. It allows you to automatically reload the browser when files change, useful for frontend development.

1. Debugger for Chrome

This extension allows you to debug your JavaScript code running in Chrome directly from VS Code. It provides features like breakpoints, call stacks, variables and more.

In summary, extensions like these can improve your productivity as a web developer by providing features to format code, catch errors, automatically reload pages and debug JavaScript. Hopefully this gives you some ideas of useful VS Code extensions to enhance your development workflow!