In this post I´d like to share eight extensions for Visual Studio Code that you may never heard of before. Although they aren´t AL specific related, I am sure you will find some of them useful for every day use.
If you think you may need something for faster/better coding there´s a good chance there´s already an extension for that. You can look for them on the marketplace:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/vscode
First of all, for Business Central development make sure to check the AL Extension Pack, it´s a must have:
Now, let´s get started:
Google search
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This extension searchs for the higlited text by opening an explorer window. Just right click on it and ‘Google selected text’. So simple but so useful.
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=kameshkotwani.google-search
Edit: Waldo´s extension has it integrated already in his extension.
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Banner comments
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I discovered this one thanks to Jeremy Vyska on his Youtube channel. By the way, his “Biggening Corporation” series idea is quite unique for Business Central, you should give it a try:
https://www.youtube.com/c/JeremyVyskaConsulting/videos
The extension creates a comment banner that helps to identify pieces of code when you have a large amount.
![](https://businesscentralgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/image-18.png)
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=lunarlimbo.banner-comments-plus
Peacock
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It colours the ribbon on VS Code so you know right away in which project you are working on:
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https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=johnpapa.vscode-peacock
Insert Date String
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Simple extension but also really useful for documenting code. It writes the day and time with a quick keyboard shortcut. You can also format it the way you want.
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jsynowiec.vscode-insertdatestring
WordCounter
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It shows the amount of words, characters, lines and paragraphs of the current file. Also shows an estimate of the time it will take to read it.
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As you can see, almost 3 hours for codeunit 80. But how much for understanding? That is another story.
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=kirozen.wordcounter
Vscode-pdf
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A nice pdf visualizer:
![](https://businesscentralgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/image-19-1024x564.png)
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=tomoki1207.pdf
Excel Viewer
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Just like ‘vscode-pdf’ you can open an Excel or ‘.csv’ file with this one, it´s read-only though .
![](https://businesscentralgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/image-20-1024x418.png)
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GrapeCity.gc-excelviewer
Power Mode
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It´s sure that with this one you´ll have the power to impress some people and get some laughs. It´s a funny animated extension for typing.
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=hoovercj.vscode-power-mode
That´s all for this post. I hope you enjoyed it. Which one was your favourite?
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