Visual Studio Code is a lightweight and powerful cross-platform development environment for Windows, Linux, and macOS.
You can use a wide range of programming languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript, and Node.js as well as C++, C#, Python, PHP, Go, and the .NET Core and Unity runtimes via language and runtime extensions.
It comes with a streamlined, clean, and very efficient user interface. There is a file and folder explorer on the left and a source code editor on the right, showing the contents of files you have opened and are currently working on:
The user interface consists of the following areas:
- Activity bar: Provides several different views and additional context-specific indicators such as outgoing code changes when Git is enabled.
- Sidebar: Contains a file and folder explorer for working on your projects.
- Editor groups...