As I mentioned in the introduction that Visual Studio Code has some great features and extensions that help you write your code much easier.
To install the extensions in VSCode you can go to View menu, then hit Extension. Or you can simply hit Command+Shift+X on your keyboard.
In the extensions panel you can search any extension that you need in the search box. Once it found you can install it by hitting install button on the bottom right of the extension.
Here are some extensions that I've installed that help me write PHP/Laravel code much easier:
| No | Extension Name | Description | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vetur | Vue tooling for VS Code | Pine Wu |
| 2 | Live Server | Launch a development local Server with live reload feature for static & dynamic pages | Ritwick Dey |
| 3 | PHP IntelliSense | Advanced Autocompletion and Refactoring support for PHP | Felix Becker |
| 4 | PHP Namespace Resolver | Import and expand php namespaces | Mehedi Hassan |
| 5 | laravel-blade | Laravel blade syntax highlighting | Christian Howe |
| 6 | Laravel Blade Snippets | Laravel blade snippets and syntax highlight support | Winnie Lin |
| 7 | Laravel goto view | Quick jump to view | codingyu |
| 8 | Better Align | Align code without selecting them first | wwm |
And here are some extensions that I've installed to custom VSCode appearance:
| No | Extension Name | Description | Author |
| 1 | One Dark | Atom's iconic One Dark theme for Visual Studio Code | binarify |
| 2 | vscode-icons | Icons for Visual Studio Code | VSCode Icons Team |
I also made some settings in my editor like so:
