How to: VS Code Extensions for Developer Productivity
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[Visual Studio Live Share](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/services/live-share/) is a service/ extension that enables you to collaboratively edit and debug with others in real time, regardless of the programming languages you're using or app types you're building. You can instantly and securely share your current project, start a joint debugging session, share terminal instances, forward localhost web apps, have voice calls, and more.

[GistPad](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vsls-contrib.gistfs) is a Visual Studio Code extension that allows you to edit GitHub Gists and repositories from the comfort of your favorite editor. You can open, create, delete, fork and star gists and repositories, and then seamlessly begin editing files as if they were local, without ever cloning, pushing or pulling anything.

[Live Server](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ritwickdey.LiveServer) is an extension for Visual Studio Code that launches a development local Server with live reload feature for static & dynamic pages.

[GitHub Pull Requests and Issues](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GitHub.vscode-pull-request-github) is an extension for Visual Studio Code that allows you to review and manage GitHub pull requests and issues in Visual Studio Code.

[Tailscale for VS Code](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Tailscale.vscode-tailscale) is an extension that provides no-hassle, secure networking alongside your code. With Tailscale Funnel you can share anything from a device or node in your [Tailscale network (tailnet)](https://tailscale.com/kb/1136/tailnet/) with anyone on the Internet.

[Terminal](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=formulahendry.terminal) is an extension for Visual Studio Code that lets you run terminal command directly in the Editor.

[GitHub Copilot](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GitHub.copilot) is a tool that provides autocomplete-style suggestions from an AI pair programmer as you code.

[GitHub Copilot Labs](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GitHub.copilot-labs) is a companion extension to GitHub Copilot that houses experimental and up-and-coming features in a sidebar.

[Profile Switcher](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=aaronpowell.vscode-profile-switcher) is an extension for Visual Studio Code that allows you to switch between different profiles you have created.

[Material Icon Theme](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=PKief.material-icon-theme) is an extension for Visual Studio Code that gets the Material Design icons into your VS Code.

[One Dark Pro](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=zhuangtongfa.Material-theme) is an extension for Visual Studio Code that adds Atom's iconic One Dark theme, which is one of the most installed themes for VS Code.

[VSCode Icons](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vscode-icons-team.vscode-icons) is an extension for Visual Studio Code that brings icons to your Visual Studio Code setup.

[GitLens](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=eamodio.gitlens) is an extension for Visual Studio Code that helps you visualize code authorship at a glance via Git blame annotations and code lens, seamlessly navigate and explore Git repositories, gain valuable insights via powerful comparison commands, and so much more.

[Import Cost](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=wix.vscode-import-cost) is an extension for Visual Studio Code that will display inline in the editor the size of the imported/required package. The extension utilizes webpack with babili-webpack-plugin in order to detect the imported size.

[Markdown All in One](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=yzhang.markdown-all-in-one) is an extension for Visual Studio Code that gives you everything you need to write Markdown (keyboard shortcuts, table of contents, auto preview and more).

[Bracket Pair Colorizer](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=CoenraadS.bracket-pair-colorizer) is an extension for Visual Studio Code that allows matching brackets to be identified with colours. The user can define which characters to match, and which colours to use.

[Auto Rename Tag](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=formulahendry.auto-rename-tag) is an extension for Visual Studio Code that automatically add HTML/XML close tag, same as Visual Studio IDE or Sublime Text.

[Auto-Close Tag](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=formulahendry.auto-close-tag) is an extension for Visual Studio Code that automatically add HTML/XML close tag, same as Visual Studio IDE or Sublime Text does.

[Settings Sync](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Shan.code-settings-sync) is an extension for Visual Studio Code that synchronizes Settings, Snippets, Themes, File Ico