# Why Do I Need to Install Visual Studio Code Extensions?
Since Visual Studio Code is a barebones editor out of the box, you need to add the tools required to support whatever project you are working on. This approach makes Visual Studio Code very flexible and easy to use for multiple projects with different languages.
# How Do I Install Extensions?
When you first open Visual Studio Code, there should be an icon resembling building blocks in the left hand side menu, this is your extensions panel. From here you modify Visual Studio Code to your heart's content, but for now, we just need to install Flutter extensions.
You can view what extensions you currently have installed by typing `@installed` into the search bar at the top of the panel. If you want to search for new extensions, just type the extension name or id into the search bar and click enter. Make sure `@installed` is not there otherwise nothing will show up since you should have nothing installed.
# What Extensions Do I Need to Install?
### Awesome Flutter Snippets by Neevash Ramdial
Extension ID: `Nash.awesome-flutter-snippets`
This extensions has multiple predefined snippets of code available that you can use when developing Flutter apps.
### Dart by Dart Code
Extension ID: `Dart-Code.dart-code`
Dart adds support for creating, debugging, and building dart files, which is the language Flutter is based off of.
### Flutter by Dart Code
Extension ID: `Dart-Code.flutter`
Flutter adds support for creating, debugging, and building Flutter projects.
### GitLense — Git Supercharged by GitKraken
Extension ID: `eamodio.gitlens`
GitLens supercharges Git inside VS Code and unlocks untapped knowledge within each repository. It helps you to visualize code authorship at a glance via Git blame annotations and CodeLens, seamlessly navigate and explore Git repositories, gain valuable insights via rich visualizations and powerful comparison commands, and so much more.
### Todo Tree by Gruntfuggly
Extension ID: `Gruntfuggly.todo-tree`
This extension quickly searches (using ripgrep) your workspace for comment tags like TODO and FIXME, and displays them in a tree view in the activity bar. The view can be dragged out of the activity bar into the explorer pane (or anywhere else you would prefer it to be).
Clicking a TODO within the tree will open the file and put the cursor on the line containing the TODO.
Found TODOs can also be highlighted in open files.
### Better Comments by Aaron Bond
Extension ID: `aaron-bond.better-comments`
The Better Comments extension will help you create more human-friendly comments in your code.
