Redefine your software development experience by understanding the
extensive features and rich functionalities offered by Visual Studio
Code
Key Features
- Leverage the power of the free, cross-platform, and highly
customizable code editor to build modern web and cloud applications
- Edit, debug and deploy on Microsoft Azure with Visual Studio Code
- Learn how to customize features and install a wide variety of
third-party extensions
Book Description
Microsoft Visual Studio Code is a powerful, lightweight code editor for
modern web and cloud development. It is a source code editor that can be
used with a variety of programming languages, which works on multiple
platforms such as Linux, Windows, and macOS. This book provides
extensive coverage of the tools, functionalities, and extensions
available within the VS Code environment that will help you build
multi-platform apps with ease.
You'll start with the installation of VS Code and learn about various
tools and features that are essential for development. Progressing
through the chapters, you'll explore the user interface while
understanding tips and tricks for increasing productivity. Next, you'll
delve into VS Code extensions and discover how they can make life easier
for developers. Later, the book shows you how to develop a sample
application with different programming languages, tools, and runtimes to
display how VS code can be used effectively for development, before
helping you get to grips with source code version management and
deployment on Azure with VS Code. Finally, you'll build on your skills
by focusing on remote development with VS Code.
By the end of this book, you'll have the knowledge you need to use
Visual Studio Code as your primary tool for software development.
What you will learn
- Explore various editing, formatting, and navigational features of VS
Code
- Understand how to add, delete, and configure extensions in VS Code
- Develop web APIs using Node.js, Java, and Python in VS Code
- Develop background service in .NET Core and explore Dapr
- Delve into debugging techniques such as breakpoints, log points, and
data inspection
- Use Git with Azure DevOps to share and synchronize code with VS Code
- Create custom extensions in VS Code to increase developer productivity
- Understand the concepts of remote development using VS Code
Who this book is for
This book is for software developers, web developers and polyglot
programmers, who are working with any language or framework such as
Python, Java, Node.js, or .NET and are looking to learn how they can
create multi-platform, microservices based, cloud-native applications
while effectively using Visual Studio Code for editing, debugging,
version management and deployment. Basic software development skills are
a must to grasp the concepts covered in this book.
