Useful Visual Studio Code Extensions

Places to Find Extensoins¶

Visual Studio Code Marketplace and Open VSX Registry are 2 places to find VSCode compatible extensions.

Install VSCode Extensions from Command-line¶

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34286515/how-to-install-visual-studio-code-extensions-from-command-line/34339780#34339780

Install Code-Server Extensions from Command-line¶

If you install extension in Dockerfile using root, the extensions are installed into /root/.local/share/code-server/extensions. You change the the permissions of /root and all its subcontents to 777 (using the command chmod -R 777 /root) so that other users can use the installed extensions.

:::bash
code-server --install-extension ms-python.python
code-server --install-extension njpwerner.autodocstring

You can install a specific version of an extension using @.

:::bash
code-server --install-extension ms-python.python@2020.5.86806 \

cdr/code-server#171

Generally Useful Extensions¶

• Terminal

• Vim

• vscode-neovim

• Visual Stuido IntelliCode

• TabNine VSCode

• Snippet

• Visual Studio Codespaces

• Error Lens

Useful Extensions for Python¶

• Terminal

• Vim

• Python (by Microsoft)

• Python Docstring Generator Thhe sphinx style is recommended.

• Jupyter

• Python Snippets

• Python Type Hint

• Error Lens

Useful Extensions for SQL¶

• SQL Language Server

• vscode-sqlfluff

Useful Extensions for Android Development¶

• Android

References¶

• https://open-vsx.org/