According to 2017, Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code tops the list of 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! Octoverse Projects with the most contributors. Image from https://wallup.net/code-microsoft-visual-studio/ A nifty little command would get me the list of VS code extensions I already have installed $ code --list-extensions alefragnani.project-manageraaron-bond.better-commentseamodio.gitlenseg2.vscode-npm-scriptformulahendry.code-runnerjamespgilbert.comment-labelschristian-kohler.npm-intellisenseshardulm94.trailing-spacessteoates.autoimportstreetsidesoftware.code-spell-checkerwhtouche.vscode-js-console-utilsxabikos.JavaScriptSnippets A wise man once said : GIFs and JPEGs speak louder than words NPM Intellisense Git Lens NPM Scripts Code Runner Trailing white spaces "editor.trimAutoWhitespace": true,"files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true, Image by niichie 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 { }; Project manager Comment labels Better comments A few more, particularly for ng fans : Angular v5 snippets Angular2 inline Angular2 material Other worthy mentions which either couldn’t make it to the top 12s or were too obvious : , , , , . gitlink esLint chrome-debug yarn Bracket pair Colorizer