26 VSCode Extensions For Your Developer Workflow

All VSCode extensions I use in my own personal VSCode installation

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VSCode is one of the most popular programming IDEs today and millions of developers use it everyday for their work. This code editor also comes with a marketplace of extensions that add one or more convenient functionalities to the base editor.

Like most developers, I also use and appreciate the increase in productivity I have from using some of the extensions I’ve for the past few years, and I’d like to share all of them with you here in this article today.

I’ve divided the extensions into three categories to better facilitate their use cases.

Let’s dive in!

Backend development and ML

I mostly perform backend development in Python and Golang (Go) so my choice in extensions also reflect that:

1. The Go extension: The original Go extension for formatting, auto-imports, linting, and so much more!

Find it here: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=golang.Go

2. The Python extension: The original Python extension for all things Python.

Find it here: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-python.python