Microsoft’s open source development tool is an important piece of the developer’s toolkit. Built using GitHub’s cross-platform Electron framework, Visual Studio Code is a full-featured development editor that supports a wide selection of languages and platforms, from the familiar C and C# to modern environments and languages like Go and Node.js, with parity between Windows, MacOS, and Linux releases.
Microsoft regularly updates Visual Studio Code. Keep track of the updates’ key features in this changelog.
Where to download Visual Studio Code
To download the editor for Windows, MacOS, and Linux, go to Microsoft’s Visual Code Studio website.