Basic Dev Tools

A short list of must haves after installing and setting up Git.

Free, tons of customization, built-in Git. My editor of choice for most situations.

Also free, fairly equal to VS Code.

Extensions make life easier. While others may be added in over time or removed depending on needs, must haves are:

Auto Close Tag - Automagically add HTML/XML close tags, saves a lot of time!
Bracket Pair Colorizer - Colorize your brackets to easily match them up
DotENV - Adds support for dotenv file syntax
gitignore - Makes working with .gitignore files easier
Live Server - A MUST: Launch a local development server with live reload, makes life so much easier when designing web apps/pages
Prettier - A code formatter to make your code easier to read
vscode-icons - This isn't necessarily a must have, but it certainly makes navigating files easier.

Node.js - JavaScript runtime environment. Installing Node will also install npm, a package manager for Node.
Yarn Another package manager commonly used.
Codepen Maybe not quite a tool, but allows you to create projects on a browser rather quickly. Useful for experimenting or inspiration from others.