VS Code Theme with Glowing Code!! (SynthWave '84)

In this video we will take a look at a Visual Studio Code (VS Code) theme with glowing code called SynthWave '84.

There are countless themes available for code editors and IDE’s. There are light themes, dark themes, red themes, blue themes, green themes, brown themes, purple themes, pink themes... too many to choose from.

But why are there so many themes? Because humans like variety. And we don’t all like the same things.

Some devs prefer dark themes, some light. But which is better? That is a simple question to answer... the one you like!

I recently found one that I like. It's called Synthwave ‘84. It has this cool neon glow effect on parts of the code.

By default, the glow is not enabled. Even at this point the theme already looks really cool. But to be 100% transparent, this theme is experimental but I haven’t had any problems with it.

To enable the glow effect is simple. Press ctrl/cmd shift P, then search for “Enable Neon Dreams”. Select that, then restart VS Code when prompted.
You’ll get a message saying your Code installation appears to be corrupt. Just ignore this message. This is the experimental part of the theme.

Let me know in the comments below what you think about this theme and what your favorite theme is.

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[codeSTACKr]

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[douchymcdouche]

I downloaded this theme and now I can code like I'm on cocaine in 1984.

[vlky]

"that's a simple one to answer"

dark. the answer is dark.

[aaronedvalson]

When I downloaded VSCode, I looked up themes to suit my style. I quickly found this theme and have used it ever since. Going on 1 year in June. It just jives with me so well, not sure why. I wasn't able to use the neon mode until this update and I'm so glad it's finally working for me! Thanks for sharing this vid as it made me try again and now it's running. Now to test it, I guess. :P

[ghostridah]

I always come back to this theme or 1984 cyberpunk, material palenight high contrast is another fav of mine.

[webcifar]

My favorite one is Material Theme (with high contrast)

[latinmu]

You must run VS code with admin privileges in order to enable Neon Dreams.

[starlite]

Mostly working with React I use Snazzy Operator theme with Operator Mono lig Font. This font and theme combo is a joy to look at especially when your working Full Stack and need to stare at code for hours.

[ai_southpark]

*this is a fine addition to my collection*

[NagiHolic]

Something went wrong when starting neon dreams

[kieran]

I tried the "enable neon" and restarted the editor but nothing changed, is there some other settings involved in json.settings file?

[AbhishekAnshuuu]

I tried to enable so many things to get the glow effect and finally now I could enable it. Thanks a lot bud.

[Iejdnx]

I wonder how good my giant main function looks with this theme

[its_sharan]

This was my favourite theme but never noticed about the neon effects.

[eulr]

i code all the day hearing to synthwave mix, now i have a vs code extensio too B) ty

[vaiterius]

By far this is the dopest theme I've come across

[JohnnyBigodes]

While you are coding with this theme you have to hear the music of that era. Search on Youtube for NewRetroWave and feel the power that music.

[system-whct]

A million thanks to the recommendation !

[hozayfeh]

this theme is insane :
Synthwave x Fluoromachine & epic animations

[legacycode]

This is the most beautiful theme I've ever seen, thank you