Foreword

Of all the products I've had the privilege of working on at Microsoft in the last 25 years, Visual Studio Code has to be my favorite. The efficiency of the user interface combined with the power of the extensibility model creates a unique experience that lets developers decide what makes them productive. Whether you are new to programming or a seasoned professional developer, you will find time saving tools, tricks, and deep insights to make development fast and fun with Visual Studio Code.

Ovais and Khusro teach you the fundamentals of VS Code to quickly get you up and running and they show you how you can create and use extensions to VS Code to add new capabilities to make you more efficient. They show you how you can build and deploy real, modern day cloud-based applications with just an editor and they show you how you can elevate your game by using VS Code to develop on remote machines, operating systems, and even the cloud with GitHub Codespaces.

Chris Dias

Principal Group Program Manager, Visual Studio Code

Microsoft