Essential Visual Studio Code Extensions

1. Prettier - Enhances your code with automatic formatting for HTML, CSS, and JS files.

2. Quokka - A playground within your editor for swift prototyping and testing.

3. Guides - Introduces visual indentation guidelines to improve code readability.

4. GitLens - Amplifies your Git functionalities, offering detailed insights and annotations.

5. Live Server - Initiates a local development server with live reloading for both static and dynamic pages.

6. VS Live Share - Facilitates real-time collaborative code editing and debugging.

7. Settings Sync - Backs up and synchronizes your settings to the cloud.

8. Import Cost - Shows the size of an npm package directly within the editor.

9. Color Info - Offers instant details on CSS color values.

10. Polacode - Craft and share beautiful code snapshots.

11. TODO Highlight - Emphasizes your to-do comments for better visibility.

12. Markdown All in One - Provides a suite of Markdown tools and enhancements.

13. Markdown Emoji - Introduces emoji support in Markdown previews.

14. Markdown Preview Github Styling - Replicates GitHub's Markdown styling in your previews.

15. Image Preview - Renders image previews within the editor's gutter.