![]() ![]() You can do a lot more with layout, and configure it to how you prefer to work. here is an overview of the main sections. When you install the app in the first place, it seems very barren - intentionally so!. ![]() This means that you can use it as a tool to open and work on a single file, like a text editor on steroids, or use it to open a folder/project and work with all of the files there as a group and be equally as productive. VS Code is described as being 'both file and folder based'. If you code in C#, JavaScript, if you WebDev, if you do mobile, VS Code is your friend. You can download and run the app on Mac, Windows and Linux. What is Visual Studio Code then?Īs we have said, VS Code a lightweight code editor that is fully functional and cross platform. This fast-track introduction will give you a quick overview of VS-Code, how the app hangs together, where to find things, how you can use it, limitations, etc. #WeLoveCode ! Get Started with Visual Studio Code VS Code on the other hand, is lightweight, has a very straightforward way of doing things, and almost encourages you to hack around trying things out, simply because it is so easy to do. in my experience, not quite as simple/quick as opening a file, banging in a bit of script, and letting fly to try something out. Getting into the guts to extend BIG BIG Visual Studio itself, is quite doable - we can write extensions, plugins, etc. I strongly recommend you check it out - when you do, if you find there is something missing, consider writing a plugin to scratch that itch!. Code is extremely extensible / pluggable, and this, combined with its open source base, means both Microsoft and the development community, have really got behind the tool and pushed it to become something very useful and very powerful in a short space of time. This is a very short introduction article - I hope it whets your appetite for lightweight coding and encourages you to download and try VS Code out!Ĭode supports debugging, has tightly integrated GIT control, syntax highlighting, intellisense, code snippets and refactoring. clear the clutter from your desk and screen, reduce the amount of distraction around you, and see how much better you can focus!) While it is of course very powerful, Code does its thing in a very non intrusive, non prescriptive manner, gets out of your way and lets you get on with the task at hand tools are available at reach, when you need them, and not always hanging around taking up screen and mind space. It does everything I have used Sublime for, and more (yes, including multi-line editing!). The overhead of the all encompassing Visual Studio is no longer there. If you have ever been held back by the clunkiness of the full Visual Studio and reached for notepad++ or Sublime text to edit a file or a light-weight project, then VS Code is for you. ![]() ' VS Code' is a free, lightweight, open-source, cross platform, code editor that works on Windows, Linux and OS X. Visual Studio Code was launched by Microsoft in 2015, and since its launch, has gained a lot of attention, for all the best reasons.
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