Visual Studio Code is a source code editor created by Microsoft for Windows, Linux, and macOS. It is known as a “light” code editor for multi-platform development of both web and cloud applications. It contains a debugger, tools for operating with Git, syntax highlighting, IntelliSense, and restructuring tools. It also has an extensive range of customization variants: custom themes, keyboard shortcuts, and configuration files. It is distributed for free and initially was developed as an open source software, yet certain ready-made builds are distributed under a proprietary license.
Why Use VSCode Themes At All?
In Visual Studio Code (VSCode), you can modify your themes in several ways. The easiest thing to do would be to install a ready — made version. Since the choice here is too big, you can go for the most attractive to you option. The second thing would be to use the online theme editor, where you can regulate all the colors yourself. And the third option is to make the necessary alterations to the settings using a ready-made theme. There are plenty of developers who don’t want to hurt their eyes from working all day with a light-themed IDE when Visual Studio Code has a Dark+ theme by default, or possibly something more unusual than that. In this top 5, we shall list only the most beautiful themes to install in Visual Studio Code.
1. Night Owl
As the name hints, this is a Visual Studio Code theme for those considering themselves night owls. Well-adjusted for those who like to work late into the night. Moreover, the given color choices have taken into consideration what is available to people with colorblindness and in low-light scenes. Decisions were also based on appropriate contrast calculation for reading comprehension and other activities. Starting from 1.0.0, you can turn on a Light Owl Theme. It is color balanced with the Dark version for better viewing in daylight.
2. Dracula
Dracula is also meant for those who like to script at night. What’s particularly convenient about this option, is that all the themes/skins/highlighting/syntax of Dracula are open source, meaning that if something goes wrong, you can easily reach the developer to ask for help, or fix the issue yourself.
3. Shades of Purple
Shades of Purple is a special theme with fine and bold shades of purple that go along with Visual Studio Code design. It was proved by several designers and released more than 75 themed versions to keep it up to date. It is one of the most searched VS Code themes on the VS Code Marketplace.
4. Winteriscoming
This extension for VS Code has themes titled “Winter is Coming”. There are options like – dark, dark with no italics, and light themes. They also offer an italicized version, with fonts that have cursive italicized fonts.
5. Synthwave’84 VSCode
This theme was inspired by the cyberpunk universe and at the same time it has somewhat summer neon vibe to it. In order to get the effect of text glow, after installing this theme, you will need to experiment with it a little bit. But for sure you’ll agree that this esthetics is worth some effort to set.
