I have been using Microsofts Visusal Studio Code everyday for the past few months. I have installed it multiple times on Linux and Windows. There are five plugins I always install immediately. I thought I would share them here.

• Remote-WSL - extension lets you use the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) as your full-time development environment right from VS Code. If you haven't set up the subsystem, here are some instructions.
• Front-end extension pack - This is actually a cluster of stuff in one bundle makes life much easier than searching each one out.
  • Preview Live Server
  • Browser Preview
  • IntelliSense for CSS class names in HTML
  • HTML CSS Support
  • Auto Rename Tag
  • Auto Close Tag
  • npm Intellisense
  • Path Intellisense
  • JavaScript (ES6) code snippets
  • Turbo Console Log
  • stylelint
  • ESLint
  • Prettier - JavaScript formatter
  • Beautify
  • EditorConfig for VS Code
  • Import Cost
  • Code Spell Checker
  • Debugger for Chrome
  • TypeScript Extension Package
  • Bracket Pair Colorizer
  • Git History (git log)
  • snippet-creator
• Live Share Extension Pack - This extension pack includes everything you need to start collaboratively editing and debugging in real time.
  • Live Share
  • Live Share Audio
  • Live Share Chat
  • Peacock
• Gitlens - Supercharges the Git capabilities built into Visual Studio Code.
• CSS Flexbox Cheatsheet - VS Code extension that lets you open a flexbox cheatsheet directly in the editor.

I haven't found a need to install anything else besides these and maybe I have tried a few themes.

Also note, you have to install them twice if your using WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux).

Enjoy