Visual Studio Code Server

In VS Code, we want users to seamlessly leverage the environments that make them the most productive. The VS Code Remote Development extensions allow you to work in the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), remote machines via SSH, and dev containers directly from VS Code.

Developing inside a Container - Visual Studio Code

To get started, follow these steps: Install and configure Docker for your operating system, using one of the paths below or an alternative Docker option, like Docker on a remote host or Docker compliant CLI. Install Docker Desktop for Windows/Mac.

Build agents and prompts in AI Toolkit - Visual Studio Code

Agent Builder in AI Toolkit streamlines the engineering workflow for building agents, including prompt engineering and integration with tools, such as MCP servers. It helps with common prompt engineering tasks: Agent Builder also enhances intelligent app's capabilities with tool use: To access Agent Builder, use either of these options:

Documentation for Visual Studio Code

Get familiar with Visual Studio Code and learn how to code faster with AI. Download VS Code for Windows, macOS, or Linux. Follow the setup guide to install and configure VS Code for your OS. Discover the key features of VS Code with the step-by-step tutorial. Get started with GitHub Copilot, your AI coding assistant.

Visual Studio Code using Azure Pipelines

In this blog post, I'll guide you through a bit of Visual Studio Code's history, focusing on our CI processes and tools and how they have changed over time. Like any other open-source project, we need to have the right tooling and capabilities to receive, triage, and address as many code contributions as possible.

Integrate with External Tools via Tasks - Visual Studio Code

Examples include the TypeScript Compiler, linters like ESLint and TSLint as well as build systems like Make, Ant, Gulp, Jake, Rake, and MSBuild. These tools are mostly run from the command line and automate jobs inside and outside the inner software development loop (edit, compile, test, and debug).

Why did we build Visual Studio Code?

Architecturally, Visual Studio Code combines the best of web, native, and language-specific technologies. Using Electron, VS Code combines web technologies such as JavaScript and Node.js with the speed and flexibility of native apps.

UX Guidelines | Visual Studio Code Extension API

Before diving into the details, it's important to understand how the various architectural UI parts of VS Code fit together and how and where your extension could contribute. The VS Code interface can roughly be divided into two main concepts: containers and items.

IntelliSense for cross-compiling - Visual Studio Code

This article is about configuring the C/C++ extension to provide proper IntelliSense (e.g. code completions) in Visual Studio Code when you compile for a different architecture than your development host machine. For example, when your host machine is x64 but you are compiling for Arm.

Download Visual Studio Code - Mac, Linux, Windows

Visual Studio Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, macOS, and Windows. Download Visual Studio Code to experience a redefined code editor, optimized for building and debugging modern web and cloud applications.