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Visual Studio Code

Build and debug modern web and cloud applications, by Microsoft
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What is Visual Studio Code?

Build and debug modern web and cloud applications. Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows.
Visual Studio Code is a tool in the Text Editor category of a tech stack.
Visual Studio Code is an open source tool with 177.3K GitHub stars and 35.4K GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Visual Studio Code's open source repository on GitHub

Who uses Visual Studio Code?

Companies
5457 companies reportedly use Visual Studio Code in their tech stacks, including CRED, KAVAK, and Hepsiburada.

Developers
176216 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Visual Studio Code.

Visual Studio Code Integrations

GitHub, .NET Core, TSLint, Windows, and Azure Functions are some of the popular tools that integrate with Visual Studio Code. Here's a list of all 139 tools that integrate with Visual Studio Code.
Pros of Visual Studio Code
340
Powerful multilanguage IDE
309
Fast
193
Front-end develop out of the box
158
Support TypeScript IntelliSense
142
Very basic but free
126
Git integration
106
Intellisense
78
Faster than Atom
53
Better ui, easy plugins, and nice git integration
45
Great Refactoring Tools
44
Good Plugins
42
Terminal
38
Superb markdown support
36
Open Source
35
Extensions
26
Awesome UI
26
Large & up-to-date extension community
24
Powerful and fast
22
Portable
18
Best code editor
18
Best editor
17
Easy to get started with
15
Lots of extensions
15
Good for begginers
15
Crossplatform
15
Built on Electron
14
Extensions for everything
14
Open, cross-platform, fast, monthly updates
14
All Languages Support
13
Easy to use and learn
12
"fast, stable & easy to use"
12
Extensible
11
Ui design is great
11
Totally customizable
11
Git out of the box
11
Useful for begginer
11
Faster edit for slow computer
10
SSH support
10
Great community
10
Fast Startup
9
Works With Almost EveryThing You Need
9
Great language support
9
Powerful Debugger
9
It has terminal and there are lots of shortcuts in it
8
Can compile and run .py files
8
Python extension is fast
7
Features rich
7
Great document formater
6
He is not Michael
6
Extension Echosystem
6
She is not Rachel
6
Awesome multi cursor support
5
VSCode.pro Course makes it easy to learn
5
Language server client
5
SFTP Workspace
5
Very proffesional
5
Easy azure
4
Has better support and more extentions for debugging
4
Supports lots of operating systems
4
Excellent as git difftool and mergetool
4
Virtualenv integration
3
Better autocompletes than Atom
3
Has more than enough languages for any developer
3
'batteries included'
3
More tools to integrate with vs
3
Emmet preinstalled
2
VS Code Server: Browser version of VS Code
2
CMake support with autocomplete
2
Microsoft
2
Customizable
2
Light
2
Big extension marketplace
2
Fast and ruby is built right in
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Decisions about Visual Studio Code

Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose Visual Studio Code in their tech stack.

Needs advice
on
EclipseEclipse
and
Visual Studio CodeVisual Studio Code

I have to do basic Java projects for university, I already use Visual Studio Code for C lang. They recommend Eclipse but it seems a little bit complex for me. Please suggest.

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Hello,

We're just brainstorming for the moment and we have a few questions.

We have an idea for an app that we want to develop, here are the prerequisites:

1) cross-platform (iOS, Android, and website);

2) as easy to maintain as possible / well documented / widely used;

3) Visual Studio Code and Copilot compatible;

4) Text to speech;

5) Speech recognition;

6) Running in background (screen off with TTS and speech recognition);

7) could be using TypeScript;

8) Monetized through ad and in-App payment for premium version;

9) Display on lock screen (Android only I guess)

So what would you recommend?

I've been trying to review the options available, and I've considered:

  • NativeScript

  • React Native

  • Flutter

  • Any other?

Thanks in advance for your help, and I'm open to any comments.

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Needs advice
on
JavaJavaNeovimNeovim
and
ReactReact

Hi, so I have been contracted by a peer to create a website using React with Java as the backend for server-side applications. I have the project listed on GitHub, and you can find it by searching for my username. The question I have is what is the fastest way to correctly learn all the necessary technologies needed to host the website? I'm also learning Neovim because I used Visual Studio Code for a bit and hated it, so if anyone has advice relating to Neovim that would also be appreciated. Thanks for providing some advice, I have little idea of where I need to go and some direction would be well appreciated. Cheers! Jls

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I can't get xdebug to work properly with Visual Studio Code in Linux Mint. Please help me out. I have already tried the main steps but the debugger won't stop at breakpoints or show any error message. I cant do stepping or anything proper of a debugger. The extension is installed, and the firefox helper too. The xdebug.so is in the correct directory and php.ini has the entries according to the manual. What else can I do?

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Chidumebi Ifemena
UI/UX Designer, Web Developer · | 2 upvotes · 93.5K views
Needs advice
on
BracketsBrackets
and
Visual Studio CodeVisual Studio Code

For a beginner developer, what tool is most suitable for coding, Brackets or Visual Studio Code?

I am having some issues doing some inline CSS coding using Vscode but it is possible with Brackets. Polls have it saying Vscode is the most suitable for web development, so which is the best?

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Needs advice
on
GitGitGitHubGitHub
and
GitLabGitLab

Which one of these should I install? I am a beginner and starting to learn to code. I have Anaconda, Visual Studio Code ( vscode recommended me to install Git) and I am learning Python, JavaScript, and MySQL for educational purposes. Also if you have any other pro-tips or advice for me please share.

Yours thankfully, Darkhiem

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Visual Studio Code's Features

  • Combines UI of a modern editor with code assistance and navigation
  • Integrated debugging experience

Visual Studio Code Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Visual Studio Code?
Atom
At GitHub, we're building the text editor we've always wanted. A tool you can customize to do anything, but also use productively on the first day without ever touching a config file. Atom is modern, approachable, and hackable to the core. We can't wait to see what you build with it.
Visual Studio
Visual Studio is a suite of component-based software development tools and other technologies for building powerful, high-performance applications.
Eclipse
Standard Eclipse package suited for Java and plug-in development plus adding new plugins; already includes Git, Marketplace Client, source code and developer documentation. Click here to file a bug against Eclipse Platform.
IntelliJ IDEA
Out of the box, IntelliJ IDEA provides a comprehensive feature set including tools and integrations with the most important modern technologies and frameworks for enterprise and web development with Java, Scala, Groovy and other languages.
WebStorm
WebStorm is a lightweight and intelligent IDE for front-end development and server-side JavaScript.
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Visual Studio Code's Followers
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