Visual Studio Code is a lightweight yet powerful source code editor that runs from your desktop.* It comes with built-in support for JavaScript, TypeScript and Node.js and has a wide range of extensions available for other languages ​​including C++, C#. , Python and PHP.

It is based on Github’s Electron, which is a cross-platform version of the Atom code editing component based on JavaScript and HTML5. This editor is a full-featured integrated development environment (IDE) designed for developers working with Microsoft’s open cloud technologies.

Visual Studio Code uses open source .NET tools to provide support for ASP.NET C# code, relying on the Omnisharp .NET developer tools and the Roslyn compiler.

The interface is easy to work with as it is based on the general style of File Explorer, with a panel on the left that shows all the files and folders you have access to, and an editor panel on the right that shows the contents of the files you have open. In this regard, the editor is well designed and pleasing to the eye. It also has good functionality and IntelliSense and autocomplete work well for JSON, CSS, HTML, {less} and Node.js.

Visual Studio Code was designed to work with existing tools, and Microsoft provides documentation to help developers, as well as help with ASP.NET 5, Node.js, and Microsoft TypeScript, as well as tools that can be used to create and manage Node applications. .js

Visual Studio Code is really aimed at JavaScript developers who need a full development tool for server side scripting and who might want to migrate from Node.js to .NET based frameworks. All in all, Visual Studio Code is a lightweight yet robust cross-platform code editor that can be used by anyone to create applications for the web or the cloud.

* Also available for Mac OS X and Linux.