VS Code Extensions for Data Scientists

This repository contains a list of VS Code Extensions that help improve productivity, code readability and documentation of your data science projects

Installing extentions from a text file

cat extensions_list.txt | xargs -n 1 code --install-extension

Exporting extentions to a file

code --list-extensions > extensions_list.txt

To save the extensions with their respective version:

code --list-extensions --show-versions > extensions_list.txt

Essential VS Code Extensions for Data Scientists

Extension Name	Marketplace Link	Purpose
Auto Doc Strings	Generate docstrings automatically.	https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=njpwerner.autodocstring
Autopep8	Format Python code to conform to PEP 8 standards.	https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-python.autopep8
Preview	Preview Markdown files within VS Code.	https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=searking.preview-vscode
Prettier - Code Formatter	Automatically format code for improved readability and consistency.	https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=esbenp.prettier-vscode
CodeSnap	Capture code snippets as images with syntax highlighting.	https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=robertz.code-snapshot
Live Server	Launch a local development server with live reloading for web development.	https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ritwickdey.LiveServer
Better Comments	Improve code readability with categorized and color-coded comments.	https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=aaron-bond.better-comments
Path Intellisense	Autocomplete file paths for faster coding.	https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=christian-kohler.path-intellisense
Rest Client	Test APIs directly within VS Code.	https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=humao.rest-client
VS Code Icons	Enhance visual clarity with file-specific icons.	https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vscode-icons-team.vscode-icons
Continue AI Code Assistant	AI-powered code completion and assistance.	https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=continue.continue
ESLint	Identify and fix JavaScript code errors and enforce coding style.	https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=dbaeumer.vscode-eslint

I have not included the basic extensions like python, pylance, jupyter notebook etc (in the list above) which are essential for python projects and need to be installed for the projects anyway.

To setup your personal AI code assistant using Continue in 10 minutes, follow the detailed tutorial here.

Let me know if you also use some other extensions which I missed and might be good to have here.