Of course, VS Code updates semi-automatically for most users who already have it and is easily available for download, as is the flagship Visual Studio IDE, bringing into question the advantages of a ...

This article is a step by step guide on how to download & install Visual Studio Code, along with details about its different channels.

The Visual Studio Code product itself ships under a standard Microsoft product license, as it has a small percentage of Microsoft-specific customizations. It’s free despite the commercial license.

Microsoft has made it incredibly easy to install Visual Studio Code for Java. A developer needs only to download Visual Studio's Java coding pack from Microsoft, and the installer takes care of the ...

Of course, Visual Studio Code isn’t the only code editor. There’s GitHub’s Atom, which has more than 1 million monthly active users, but it’s also older than Visual Studio Code.