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12 Unusual VS Code Extensions You Definitely Need As a Developer

You could improve your workflow, boost your productivity, and simply make VSCode prettier with the help of these extensions!

Mark Vassilevskiy
JavaScript in Plain English
6 min readNov 8, 2022

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VS Code is the most popular IDE for programming. It supports almost every programming language and is pretty powerful. And one of VS Code's main benefits is that you can quickly install some cool extensions or plugins, which will greatly improve your work. Most programmers are already familiar with some of these essential extensions, but in this article, we won’t talk about them. We’ll better talk about some really unusual extensions that will help you achieve your specific tasks in the most efficient way!

1. Project Dashboard

Before working on a new project, you surely need to organize your previous one and make everything structured. A Visual Studio Code extension called VSCode Project Dashboard enables you to organize your projects in any possible way. You can access frequently used files, folders, and SSH remotes quickly, and pin them to a dashboard.

Project Dashboard

2. Git Graph

If you’re constantly using GIT, then you definitely need to install this extension. With Git Graph, you can easily view your history, and all your commits and manipulate them all. As you can see in the example below, you can directly access every important aspect of your repository right inside of VSCode, which is pretty useful. Even if you haven’t used Git, you should start to. It’s the easiest and best way to work with your team, and it will improve your workflow exponentially!

Git Graph

3. Toggle Zen Mode

If I knew about this extension, I wouldn’t be so sloppy in my coding and could accomplish my tasks more quickly. Toggle Zen Mode adds a new button. When you press on this button, it will activate…

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