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title: Thunder Client — lightweight alternative to Postman in VS Code
date: 2021-04-25T13:37:00+01:00
author: John Henry Donovan
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# Thunder Client — Lightweight Alternative To Postman In VS Code

Posted on 25th April, 2021

A VS Code extension to replace the need for Postman. The [Thunder Client extension for VS Code](https://www.thunderclient.io/) can do all I need when testing HTTP Requests.

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