--- title: Capacitor ❤️’s Ionic’s Visual Studio Code Extension description: The Ionic VS Code extension is built right into the Ionic Framework. It can be used to migrate from Cordova to Capacitor. You can use the extension to generate... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/capacitor-s-ionic-s-visual-studio-code-extension-re3ck3jod twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Capacitor ❤️’s Ionic’s Visual Studio Code Extension | daily.dev og:description: The Ionic VS Code extension is built right into the Ionic Framework. It can be used to migrate from Cordova to Capacitor. You can use the extension to generate... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/capacitor-s-ionic-s-visual-studio-code-extension-re3ck3jod og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/re3cK3Jod.png og:image:alt: Capacitor ❤️’s Ionic’s Visual Studio Code Extension og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Capacitor ❤️’s Ionic’s Visual Studio Code Extension **[Ionic Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ionic)** · 3 min read · 50 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary The Ionic VS Code extension is built right into the Ionic Framework. It can be used to migrate from Cordova to Capacitor. You can use the extension to generate icons and splash screens for your apps. The extension is free to download and use on any Ionic or Cordova app. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@ghost** · 1 upvotes > The option to click on the sidebar extension and generate a boilerplate for a new React/Vue/Angular app for mobile app development is so fast! > > I saw their YouTube video and the Ionic command works in a jiffy! 🔥 --- Tags: [#devtools](https://daily.dev/tags/devtools), [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#ionic](https://daily.dev/tags/ionic), [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/capacitor-s-ionic-s-visual-studio-code-extension-re3ck3jod) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Capacitor ❤️’s Ionic’s Visual Studio Code Extension","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/capacitor-s-ionic-s-visual-studio-code-extension-re3ck3jod","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/capacitor-s-ionic-s-visual-studio-code-extension-re3ck3jod"},"datePublished":"2022-06-03T19:04:52.356Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T05:17:26.238Z","description":"The Ionic VS Code extension is built right into the Ionic Framework. 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