Visual Studio Code is a lightweight IDE from Microsoft for developers to write code in a variety of languages like Python, PHP and more. It has inbuilt support for Git as well.

The Visual Studio Code Marketplace extension has been installed 1,073,414 times as of today, and garnered a 4.3 rating (0-5 scale) from 40 reviewers. The project's GitHub site lists 12 contributors, ...

Visual Studio Code has millions of active users, and not just at Microsoft. Many VS Code users are, for example, developers at Google or Facebook.

Visual Studio Code Server can be installed everywher Microsoft has announced a private preview of the backend service that powers its Visual Studio Code editor, along with a specific CLI to manage it.

Visual Studio Code is like the strip-down version of Visual Studio IDE. It’s a code editor where you can write codes to support debugging, task running, and version control.