[Visual Studio Code (VSCode)] Visual Studio Code : A code editor redefined and optimized for building and debugging modern web and cloud applications

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Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code is a lightweight but powerful source code editor which runs on your desktop and is available for Windows, macOS and Linux. It comes with built-in support for JavaScript, TypeScript and Node.js and has a rich ecosystem of extensions for other languages (such as C++, C#, Java, Python, PHP, Go) and runtimes (such as .NET and Unity). Begin your journey with VS Code with these introductory videos - https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/introvideos/overview.

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Installation

If you’re on macOS or Linux and have Homebrew installed, getting Visual Studio Code is as simple as running:

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$ brew install --cask visual-studio-code

See Running Visual Studio Code on macOS - https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/setup-overview to learn how to install Visual Studio Code.

References

[1] Visual Studio Code - Code Editing. Redefined - https://code.visualstudio.com/

[2] Download Visual Studio Code - Mac, Linux, Windows - https://code.visualstudio.com/download

[3] Documentation for Visual Studio Code - https://code.visualstudio.com/docs

[4] microsoft/vscode: Visual Studio Code - https://github.com/microsoft/vscode

[5] Extensions for Visual Studio family of products | Visual Studio Marketplace - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/VSCode

[6] visual-studio-code — Homebrew Formulae - https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/visual-studio-code

[7] The Missing Package Manager for macOS (or Linux) — Homebrew - https://brew.sh/