VS Code Setup - Extensions and Profiles

Base extensions

• Code Spell Checker
• Dev Containers
• Docker
• Git Graph
• GitHub Theme
• HTML CSS Support
• IntelliCode
• IntelliCode API Usage Examples
• Markdown Preview Github Styling
• REST Client
• shell-format
• YAML

Vibe Engineering with Coding Agents (select the ones you prefer):

• GitHub Copilot
  • GitHub Copilot Chat
• Codex – OpenAI’s coding agent
• Claude Code for VS Code
• Roo Code
• Cline
• Kilo Code AI Agent (Roo / Cline fork)

Olger's preferred setup for Vibe Engineering

• Github Copilot - chat with agent mode on the right
• Codex – OpenAI’s coding agent - on the left
• Roo Code - on the left

Best models for Vibe Engineering

• GPT-5/GPT-5 Codex
• Claude Sonnet 4
• GPT-5 mini
• Google Gemini 2.5 Pro

Node.js/JavaScript/TypeScript:

• DotENV
• EditorConfig for VS Code
• ESLint
• TypeScript Extension Pack
  • TypeScript Hero
  • json2ts
  • Move TS
  • Path Intellisense
  • TypeScript Importer
• JavaScript (ES6) code snippets
• Jest Runner
• npm Intellisense
• Prettier ESLint
• Pretty TypeScript Errors
• Stylelint

Vue.js

• Vue - Official
• Vue 3 Snippets

Python/Data Science:

• .NET Install Tool
• autoDocstring - Python Docstring Generator
• Data Wrangler
• Even Better TOML
• Jupyter
• Jupyter Cell Tags
• Jupyter Keymap
• Jupyter Notebook Renderers
• Jupyter Slide Show
• Pylance
• Python
• Python Debugger
• Python Environments
• Ruff

Java:

• Debugger for Java
• Extension Pack for Java
• Language Support for Java(TM) by Red Hat
• Gradle for Java
• Maven for Java
• Project Manager for Java
• Spring Boot Dashboard
• Spring Boot Extension Pack
• Spring Boot Tools
• Spring Initializr Java Support
• Test Runner for Java

C# & C/C++:

• .NET Install Tool
• C/C++
• C/C++ Extension Pack
• C/C++ Themes
• CMake Tools

Go:

• Go
• Go Test Explorer
• go snippets
• Go Asm (when needed)

Rust:

• autoDocstring - Python Docstring Generator
• rust-analyzer
• crates
• Even Better TOML
• Rust Flash Snippets

Julia:

• Julia
• Julia Color Themes
• Markdown Julia
• Julia Snippets

For Windows:

• WSL