Best VS Code extensions for Vue.js Developers

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As a developer, I’m sure you’ve used VS Code at least once and most use it as their default IDE, that’s why we will go into the Best VS Code extensions for Vue Developers.

For those who still don’t use VS Code, I recommend you try it for the following reasons: it’s free and open-source, has cross-platform support, and can be customized with extensions for various programming languages. Its integrated terminal and intelligent code completion features also save time for developers. Additionally, the large community around VS Code provides support resources and extensions to help developers optimize their workflow.

With that said let’s start with the first extension you’ll be glad to use.

Vue Language Features (Volar)

Volar extension screen shot

Volar provides advanced language support, including code completion, diagnostics, and formatting for Vue.js templates and components. It is designed to enhance the development experience for Vue.js developers.

Some Key features are:

  1. Advanced language support for Vue.js templates and components.
  2. Faster and more accurate IntelliSense for Vue.js code.
  3. Automatic component registration for faster development.
  4. Automatic template formatting for consistent code style.
  5. Built-in support for TypeScript.
  6. Syntax highlighting for Vue 3 SFC.
  7. Supports syntax highlighting for CSS, LESS, and SCSS.

Tailwind CSS IntelliSense

Tailwind is a popular CSS framework that provides pre-defined utility classes for styling HTML elements. It allows you to create responsive and customizable user interfaces by composing your own unique styles with low-level classes. It integrates with modern CSS and JavaScript frameworks like Vue and has a large community of users.

Tailwind CSS IntelliSense is a VS Code extension that provides intelligent autocompletion and suggestions for Tailwind CSS classes in your HTML and CSS files. It improves your productivity by helping you quickly find the right class names and reducing the need to memorize them.

Some Key features are:

  1. Autocomplete: As you type, Tailwind CSS IntelliSense suggests matching classes based on the current context.
  2. Documentation: Hovering over a class displays a tooltip with its description and usage examples.
  3. Peek Definition: Clicking on a class takes you to its definition in the Tailwind CSS documentation.
  4. Validation: The extension highlights invalid or unknown classes, reducing errors in your code.
  5. Theme awareness: Tailwind CSS IntelliSense is aware of your project’s theme and provides class suggestions based on the configured color palette.

GitHub Copilot

GitHub Copilot is an AI-powered code auto-completion tool that suggests code snippets and completes lines of code in real time based on the context of your code. It integrates with VS Code and uses machine learning to recognize programming languages, libraries, and frameworks. It has the potential to improve developer productivity, but it is still in beta and may make errors or suggest code that does not meet your project’s requirements.

Some Key features are:

  1. AI-powered: GitHub Copilot uses machine learning to suggest code snippets and complete lines of code in real-time based on the context of your code.
  2. Integration: GitHub Copilot integrates with Visual Studio Code and GitHub.
  3. Multi-language support: GitHub Copilot supports several programming languages, including JavaScript, Python, TypeScript, Ruby, and Go.
  4. Learning capabilities: GitHub Copilot learns from your codebase and adapts to your coding style over time.
  5. Autocomplete: GitHub Copilot provides intelligent autocomplete for code snippets and lines of code.

GitLens

GitLens is a VS Code extension that enhances the Git integration in the editor. It provides a variety of features that allow you to understand, explore, and navigate your Git repositories more efficiently.

Some Key features are:

  1. Blame annotations: GitLens provides inline blame annotations that show the author, date, and message of each line of code.
  2. Code lens: GitLens adds Git information to your code, such as the number of times a line was changed, who changed it, and when it was changed.
  3. Code history: GitLens allows you to view the history of a file, including all the commits and changes that were made.
  4. Compare changes: GitLens provides a side-by-side comparison view of changes between two different commits or branches.
  5. Search: GitLens includes a powerful search feature that allows you to search for code snippets, commits, and authors.
  6. Repository navigation: GitLens provides easy access to all the branches, tags, and commits in your Git repository.
  7. Integration: GitLens integrates with other Visual Studio Code extensions, such as the Git History extension.

EsLint

The VS Code ESLint extension integrates the ESLint tool into the Visual Studio Code IDE, allowing developers to easily see and fix errors in their code as they write it. The extension can be configured to show warnings and errors in the editor, and can even automatically fix certain issues.

Some Key features are:

  1. Real-time error reporting: The extension will highlight errors in your code as you write it, helping you catch mistakes before they become bigger problems.
  2. Automatic fixes: The extension can automatically fix some errors in your code, such as missing semicolons or unused variables.
  3. Customizable rules: You can configure the extension to enforce specific coding styles and rules that are important for your project.
  4. Integration with VS Code: The extension integrates seamlessly with the VS Code editor, making it easy to use and accessible for developers.
  5. Support for multiple languages: In addition to JavaScript, the extension also supports other programming languages like TypeScript and JSX.
  6. Code navigation: The extension provides code navigation features, such as go to definition and find all references, to help you better understand and work with your code.
  7. Intuitive interface: The extension has a user-friendly interface that makes it easy to use and understand.
  8. Integration with other extensions: The extension can be used in conjunction with other VS Code extensions, such as Prettier, to further improve your coding experience.

This next extension is recommended in certain situations where you can’t use a bundler like Vite, Webpack, etc.

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This extension will give you syntax highlighting which can be really useful when using template literal.

This extensions will enhance the development experience and increase your efficiency, if you have any other extensions you find useful please let me know in the comment section.

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