The perfect VSCode setup

I don’t usually change a lot of things in my VSCode setup, because I’m a creature of habit. So, for years, I’ve been using the same setup, with minor tweaks and enhancements here and there.

As it’s the beginning of the year, I changed some things with the latest and greatest stuff I could find, and thought i’d share it with you.

The theme

I’ve been using the Community material theme darker high contrast - this theme is so good I haven’t changed it in years!

The font

Github recently released a new font, MonaSpace - it’s absolutely beautiful, a lot of thought has been put into it, its free and open source as well!

well, i won’t do the selling, just go check it out, it’s amazing.

(BTW, you can use )

The icons

I’ve been using the Material Icon Theme for a long time, and it’s still the best icon theme out there.

The terminal

I use the Starship shell prompt, it’s fast, customizable, and looks great! and use the jetbrains mono nerd font.

The extensions

i like it simple and clean, so I don’t use a lot of extensions, but here are the ones I use, ranked by how much I like them:

• Github Copilot
• Gitlens
• VS Code pets
• Live share
• Prettier
• Favorites
• Database client

Tips

• use emmets a lot (you can use it in JSX as well)
• use the zen mode in vs code to write blogs and other documentation without distractions
• use the code command in the terminal to open the current directory in VSCode

yeah that’s it for now… I think? I’ll update this post if I remember anything else.