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  • Basic editing - Visual Studio Code

    Basic editing Visual Studio Code is an editor first and foremost, and includes the features you need for highly productive source code editing. This topic takes you through the basics of the editor and helps you get moving with your code. Keyboard shortcuts Being able to keep your hands on the keyboard when writing code is crucial for high productivity. VS Code has a rich set of default ...

  • Introductory Videos - Visual Studio Code

    Introductory Videos Start your journey using Visual Studio Code with this set of introductory videos! These videos are designed to give you an overview of VS Code's various features and quickly get you familiar with them. If you prefer going through a step-by-step guide to discover the key features, check out the VS Code tutorial. Linux users: Make sure you have the correct multimedia codecs ...

  • Visual Studio Code for the Web

    Visual Studio Code for the Web Visual Studio Code for the Web provides a free, zero-install Microsoft Visual Studio Code experience running entirely in your browser, allowing you to quickly and safely browse source code repositories and make lightweight code changes. To get started, go to https://vscode.dev in your browser. VS Code for the Web has many of the features of VS Code Desktop that ...

  • Variables reference - Visual Studio Code

    Variables scoped per workspace folder By appending the root folder's name to a variable (separated by a colon), it is possible to reach into sibling root folders of a workspace. Without the root folder name, the variable is scoped to the same folder where it is used.

  • Visual Studio Code on Windows

    See the Download Visual Studio Code page for a complete list of available installation options. Updates VS Code ships monthly releases and supports auto-update when a new release is available. If you're prompted by VS Code, accept the newest update and it will be installed (you won't need to do anything else to get the latest bits).

  • Language Identifiers - Visual Studio Code

    Note that casing matters for exact identifier matching ('Markdown' != 'markdown') The language identifier becomes essential for VS Code extension developers when adding new language capabilities or when replacing a language support. Every language defines its id through the languages configuration point in the extension's package.json file:

  • Visual Studio Code - The open source AI code editor

    Visual Studio Code redefines AI-powered coding with GitHub Copilot for building and debugging modern web and cloud applications. Visual Studio Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, macOS, and Windows.

  • C/C++ for Visual Studio Code

    The next step is to learn more about the Microsoft C/C++ extension's language features such as IntelliSense, code navigation, build configuration, and debugging using one of the Tutorials in the next section. Tutorials Get started with C++ and VS Code with tutorials for your environment: GCC on Windows via MinGW Microsoft C++ on Windows GCC on ...

  • User interface - Visual Studio Code

    User interface At its heart, Visual Studio Code is a code editor. Like many other code editors, VS Code adopts a common user interface and layout of an explorer on the left, showing all of the files and folders you have access to, and an editor on the right, showing the content of the files you have opened.

  • March 2025 (version 1.99) - Visual Studio Code

    Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code March 2025 Release (1.99)