diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9e545c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/extensions.json
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+{
+  "recommendations": [
+    "davidanson.vscode-markdownlint",
+    "eamodio.gitlens",
+    "github.vscode-pull-request-github",
+    "ms-python.black-formatter",
+    "ms-python.flake8",
+    "ms-python.isort",
+    "ms-python.python",
+    "njpwerner.autodocstring",
+    "redhat.vscode-yaml",
+    "zhoufeng.pyqt-integration"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
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+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
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+{
+    // Editor
+    "editor.bracketPairColorization.enabled": true,
+    "editor.guides.bracketPairs": "active",
+    "editor.formatOnSave": true,
+    "files.associations": {
+        "./requirements/*.txt": "pip-requirements",
+        "metadata.txt": "ini",
+        "**/*.ts": "xml",
+        "**/*.ui": "xml"
+    },
+    // Markdown
+    "markdown.updateLinksOnFileMove.enabled": "prompt",
+    "markdown.updateLinksOnFileMove.enableForDirectories": true,
+    "markdown.validate.enabled": true,
+    "markdown.validate.fileLinks.markdownFragmentLinks": "warning",
+    "markdown.validate.fragmentLinks.enabled": "warning",
+    "[markdown]": {
+        "editor.defaultFormatter": "DavidAnson.vscode-markdownlint",
+        "files.trimTrailingWhitespace": false,
+    },
+    // Python
+    "python.analysis.autoFormatStrings": false, // incompatible with PyQt5 translation engine
+    "python.analysis.typeCheckingMode": "basic",
+    "python.terminal.activateEnvInCurrentTerminal": true,
+    "python.terminal.activateEnvironment": true,
+    "[python]": {
+        "editor.defaultFormatter": "ms-python.black-formatter",
+        "editor.formatOnSave": true,
+        "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
+            "source.organizeImports": "explicit"
+        },
+        "editor.rulers": [
+            88
+        ],
+        "editor.wordWrapColumn": 88,
+    },
+    "python.testing.unittestEnabled": false,
+    "python.testing.pytestEnabled": true,
+    // Extensions
+    "autoDocstring.docstringFormat": "sphinx",
+    "autoDocstring.guessTypes": true,
+    "flake8.args": [
+        "--config=setup.cfg",
+        "--verbose"
+    ],
+    "yaml.schemas": {
+        "https://json.schemastore.org/github-workflow.json": ".github/workflows/*.yml"
+    }
+}