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These are the extensions that I've found most useful in my day-to-day development. \n\nRequires Visual Studio 2017 Update 8 or newer.\n\n## Installed Extensions\nEach extension pack in Essential Extensions has a different focus.\n\n### Essential Extensions (Core)\n[![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/54aj4e4tlfvehaxa?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/scottdorman/essential-extensions)\n\nAn extension pack to improve the core Visual Studio editing experience. \n\n\u003e A lot of these extensions are also bundled as part of [Web Essentials](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.WebEssentials2019). I chose to split them out separately since they weren't specific to web development.\n\nDownload the extension at the\n[Visual Studio Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ScottDorman.EssentialExtensions)\nor get the\n[nightly build](http://vsixgallery.com/extension/B485A30F-B8A4-4508-B2B3-D96D529171DD/). See the\n[changelog](src/EssentialExtensions/CHANGELOG.md)\nfor changes and roadmap.\n\n- [.ignore](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.ignore)\n- [Add New File](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.AddNewFile)\n- [Comment Remover](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.CommentRemover)\n- [Dummy Text Generator](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.DummyTextGenerator)\n- [Editor Enhancements](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.EditorEnhancements)\n- [Editor Guidelines](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=PaulHarrington.EditorGuidelines)\n- [EditorConfig Language Service](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.EditorConfig)\n- [Error Catcher II](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.ErrorCatcherII)\n- [File Icons](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.FileIcons)\n- [File Nesting](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.FileNesting)\n- [Insert Guid](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.insertguid)\n- [License Header Manager](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=StefanWenig.LicenseHeaderManager)\n- [Markdown Editor](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.MarkdownEditor)\n- [Microsoft Code Analysis 2017](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=VisualStudioPlatformTeam.MicrosoftCodeAnalysis2017)\n- [Microsoft Code Analysis 2019](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=VisualStudioPlatformTeam.MicrosoftCodeAnalysis2019)\n- [Multi Edit Mode](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.MultiEditMode) (Visual Studio 2017)\n- [Open Command Line](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.OpenCommandLine)\n- [Output Enhancer](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=NikolayBalakin.Outputenhancer)\n- [Pretty Paste](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.PrettyPaste)\n- [Productivity Power Tools](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=VisualStudioPlatformTeam.ProductivityPowerPack2017)\n- [Reset Tool Windows](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.ResetToolWindow)\n- [Show Selection Length](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.ShowSelectionLength)\n- [Source Server Browser Power Tool](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vsdbgplat.MicrosoftSourceServerBrowserPowerTool)\n- [SVG Viewer](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.SvgViewer)\n- [Syntax Higlighting Pack](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.SyntaxHighlightingPack)\n- [Trailing Whitespace Visualizer](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.TrailingWhitespaceVisualizer)\n- [Tweaks](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.Tweaks)\n- [Visual Studio IntelliCode](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=VisualStudioExptTeam.VSIntelliCode)\n- [Visual Studio Spell Checker](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=EWoodruff.VisualStudioSpellCheckerVS2017andLater)\n\n### Essential Extensions (Web)\n[![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/h2m5jjwpj1ddqluh?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/scottdorman/essential-extensions-lh0vv)\n\nAn extension pack to improve the Visual Studio editing experience for web development.\n\n\u003e Some of these extensions are also bundled as part of [Web Essentials](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.WebEssentials2019). I chose to split them out separately since they were specific to web development while others in that extension were not.\n\nDownload the extension at the\n[Visual Studio Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ScottDorman.EssentialExtensionsWeb)\nor get the\n[nightly build](http://vsixgallery.com/extension/673DC35F-A9E2-426B-98AF-27F51190D0B4/). See the\n[changelog](src/EssentialExtensions.Web/CHANGELOG.md)\nfor changes and roadmap.\n\n- [Browser Reload on Save](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.BrowserReloadonSave)\n- [Browser Sync](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.BrowserSync)\n- [Bundler \u0026 Minifier](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.BundlerMinifier)\n- [CSS AutoPrefixer](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.CSSAutoPrefixer)\n- [CSS Sorter](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.CSSSorter)\n- [CSS Tools 2019](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.CssTools2019) (Visual Studio 2019)\n- [CSS Tools](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.CSSTools) (Visual Studio 2017)\n- [Editor Enhancements](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.EditorEnhancements)\n- [Glyphfriend 2019](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=RionWilliams.Glyphfriend2019)\n- [HTML Tools 2019](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.HtmlTools2019) (Visual Studio 2019)\n- [HTML Tools](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.HtmlTools) (Visual Studio 2017)\n- [Image Optimizer](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.ImageOptimizer)\n- [Image Sprites](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.ImageSprites)\n- [Inline Color Picker](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=NikolaMSFT.InlineColorPicker)\n- [JavaScript Prettier](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.JavaScriptPrettier)\n- [Package Installer](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.PackageInstaller)\n- [Package Security Alerts](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.PackageSecurityAlerts)\n- [SVG Viewer](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.SvgViewer)\n- [TypeScript Definition Generator](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.TypeScriptDefinitionGenerator)\n- [Web Accessibility Checker](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.WebAccessibilityChecker)\n- [Web Compiler](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.WebCompiler)\n- [ZenCoding](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.ZenCoding)\n\n### Essential Extensions (GitHub)\n[![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/ltp20h37x64a5n3a?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/scottdorman/essential-extensions-jhdh4)\n\nAn extension pack to improve the Visual Studio experience for development using GitHub as the source control system.\n\nDownload the extension at the\n[Visual Studio Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ScottDorman.EssentialExtensionsGitHub)\nor get the\n[nightly build](http://vsixgallery.com/extension/E7813D68-135F-4B0D-828F-5287F3228885/). See the\n[changelog](src/EssentialExtensions.GitHub/CHANGELOG.md)\nfor changes and roadmap.\n\n- [.ignore](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.ignore)\n- [GitHub Extension for Visual Studio](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GitHub.GitHubExtensionforVisualStudio)\n- [Git Pull](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.GitPull)\n- [Markdown Editor](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.MarkdownEditor)\n\n## Issues\nFor issues with specific extensions, please submit an issue with that extension, not here.\n\n## Suggest new extensions\nIf you know of any good extensions that you think would benefit developers, [submit an issue](https://github.com/scottdorman/essential-extensions/issues).\n\n## Contribute\nCheck out the [contribution guidelines](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md)\nif you want to contribute to this project.\n\nFor cloning and building this project yourself, make sure \nto install the\n[Extensibility Tools](https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/ab39a092-1343-46e2-b0f1-6a3f91155aa6)\nextension for Visual Studio which enables some features\nused by this project.\n\n## License\n[Apache 2.0](LICENSE) \n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fscottdorman%2Fessential-extensions","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fscottdorman%2Fessential-extensions","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fscottdorman%2Fessential-extensions/lists"}