With 14 million users, Microsoft's open source cross-platform code editor Visual Studio Code is one of its key tools for keeping developers engaged with its future in the cloud.

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.

Download Visual Studio Code Insider. Learn how to sync settings, run public & insider versions together. Difference with Visual Studio IDE also discussed.

Peter points to the best blog on Visual Studio tips and recommends the blog's discussion of starting with and without debugging. But he also takes issue with the blog's claim that there aren't many ...

The open-source, ultra-configurable code editors from Microsoft and GitHub have a lot in common. Here are the big differences you need to know ...