--- title: My Favorite VS Code Extensions of 2022 | daily.dev description: The Atom One Dark theme is my favorite because the colors have useful contrast and look great. VSCode Great Icons look so much better than the default, and the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/my-favorite-vs-code-extensions-of-2022-a9mcpzy6t twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: My Favorite VS Code Extensions of 2022 | daily.dev og:description: The Atom One Dark theme is my favorite because the colors have useful contrast and look great. VSCode Great Icons look so much better than the default, and the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/my-favorite-vs-code-extensions-of-2022-a9mcpzy6t og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/a9mcpzY6T.png og:image:alt: My Favorite VS Code Extensions of 2022 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. # My Favorite VS Code Extensions of 2022 **[Towards Data Science](https://daily.dev/sources/tds)** · 4 min read · 131 upvotes · 6 comments ## Summary The Atom One Dark theme is my favorite because the colors have useful contrast and look great. VSCode Great Icons look so much better than the default, and the folder icons make it easier to tell which directory I’m in. I find this especially useful when writing React components where a lot of the boilerplate code gets repetitive. ## 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. **@wazifa\_jafar** · 0 upvotes > The code navigation shortcuts are perfect for having a cheat sheet **@ninjachacha3** · 0 upvotes > That was quite helpful..thnx bro **@yoaeph000** · 0 upvotes > toop **@soetch** · 0 upvotes > Saved ✅ **@asibx** · 0 upvotes > Very useful for beginners ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#devtools](https://daily.dev/tags/devtools), [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/my-favorite-vs-code-extensions-of-2022-a9mcpzy6t) ```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":"My Favorite VS Code Extensions of 2022","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/my-favorite-vs-code-extensions-of-2022-a9mcpzy6t","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/my-favorite-vs-code-extensions-of-2022-a9mcpzy6t"},"datePublished":"2022-03-16T14:40:43.229Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T04:02:13.375Z","description":"The Atom One Dark theme is my favorite because the colors have useful contrast and look great. 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