Microsoft has updated Visual Studio Code. It comes with several updates of interest to developers including GitHub Copilot Chat improvements and read-only mode for specific files and folders.

Remember that you can remove the folder even if you have installed extensions, but they will be removed, and you have to install them manually. To do the same, first of all, close Visual Studio Code.

Visual Studio Code 1.79, published June 8 as the latest version of Microsoft’s code editor, features a read-only mode for specific files and folders in a workspace as a protective measure.

Here’s a new way to create Visual Studio Code extensions that enable cross-compilation and transfer of Raspberry Pi 5 applications on a host personal computer.