It has built-in debugging support for the for the Node.js runtime and can debug JavaScript & TypeScript. The editor comes with a debugging support built-in. To bring this up either search for Extensions in the Command Palette, click the bottom icon in the left toolbar, or use the Ctrl + Shift + x keyboard shortcut. To browse and install extensions use the Extensions side page. Extensions also exist that allow you add VIM and Emacs keybindings and modes. These range from editor themes to additional support for specific programming and scripting languages. The Visual Studio Code comes with a large number of extensions for making your code editing easier. See the documentation for a full list, but some useful shortcuts to get started with are: Opening a folder using the command paletteĪdditionally, there are many direct keyboard shortcuts for many commands. It contains shortcuts for opening a file or folder, as well as links to customization of the editor, and links to the awesome online help. As with most modern code editors, you can open a folder containing your project, and a handy browser tab is displayed on the left showing the contents. The first launch of Visual Studio Code launches a helpful welcome screen.

Check out the documentation for details on setting this up on your Fedora system. Setting up access to the repository will ensure that you get updates whenever they are released. Alternatively, Visual Studio code is available via a repository hosted by Microsoft. Visit the Visual Studio Code homepage, download the RPM version and install using Fedora Workstation’s Software application. Extensions in Visual Studio Code perform a wide range of additional tasks, including tools that that analyze code, such as linters and tools for static analysis.

Visual Studio Code has a wide range of extensions, available through a central repository. The editor includes debugging features, embedded git control, syntax highlighting, intelligent code completion, snippets, and code refactoring tools.

The source code for Visual Studio Code is available on GitHub. Visual Studio Code was released by Microsoft in April 2015 and later became a free and open source software.

Visual Studio Code is an open source text editor specifically designed for editing source code. A text editor is one of the most important tools for any programmer.

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