Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code is Microsoft’s cross-platform source-code editor, extensible with tools for programming, debugging, and other development workflows.
LLMs in Production
VS Code is a source-code editor from Microsoft with extensibility for programming, debugging, and remote development.
- How it is used
- Supports remote work on cloud VMs and hosts extensions that bring LLM-powered coding assistance into the editor.
- How deep it goes
- Demonstrates SSH setup and extension integration, but stops short of detailing VS Code’s internal architecture.
- Examples
- Uses a Google Cloud VM, Remote-SSH, and a Python-focused coding copilot extension as concrete applications.
- What you can do after
- Build a VS Code extension or operate a cloud development environment through Remote-SSH.
Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches: Fourth Edition, Covers Windows, Linux, and macOS
Visual Studio Code is a cross-platform source-code editor with an extensible extension system.
- How it is used
- Supports PowerShell editing, command testing, customization, and migration from interactive commands to repeatable scripts.
- How deep it goes
- Demonstrates installation, settings, themes, multiline formatting, and execution shortcuts, but stops short of deeper editor internals.
- Examples
- Uses extension-install commands, settings such as pwsh, theme selection, and a formatted disk-space CIM pipeline.
- What you can do after
- Operate/configure a PowerShell editing workspace and test complex commands before turning them into repeatable scripts.
Pro ASP.NET Core 7, Tenth Edition
Visual Studio Code is Microsoft's cross-platform source-code editor with support for extensions and development workflows.
- How it is used
- Serves as a lightweight editor for creating and testing ASP.NET Core projects instead of using Visual Studio.
- How deep it goes
- Walks through installation, project opening, file creation, and test execution, but does not examine editor internals.
- Examples
- Uses a `wwwroot/demo.html` file and code lens actions on a unit test class as concrete workflows.
- What you can do after
- Practice/perform project setup, file creation, and unit-test execution in Visual Studio Code.
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Learn PowerShell Scripting in a Month of Lunches, Second Edition: Write and organize scripts and tools
Visual Studio Code is a free, cross-platform source-code editor from Microsoft that supports extensions for many languages and development environments.
- How it is used
- Supports day-to-day PowerShell scripting, examples, and hands-on labs as a cross-platform source-code editor.
- How deep it goes
- Explains installation, extension setup, settings, updates, and an IntelliSense check, but not deeper editor capabilities.
- Examples
- Uses an empty .ps1 file, Get-P completion, Get-Process, the Extensions panel, and settings.json configuration.
- What you can do after
- Operate VS Code for PowerShell by installing its extension, configuring basic settings, and verifying command completion.
Microsoft Azure in Action
Visual Studio Code is a cross-platform source-code editor with extensibility for development, debugging, and related programming tasks.
- How it is used
- Supports local Azure Functions development through extensions, terminal commands, project files, and function templates.
- How deep it goes
- Demonstrates extension setup, sign-in, terminal navigation, project initialization, generated files, and function creation.
- Examples
- Uses AlpacaNFTProject, the ProcessNFT HTTP trigger, generated .NET files, and anonymous authentication.
- What you can do after
- Build Azure Function projects locally and add template-based functions through Visual Studio Code.
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Learn AI-Assisted Python Programming, Second Edition
Visual Studio Code is a source-code editor with extensibility features for programming, debugging, and development workflows.
- How it is used
- Supports writing, running, debugging, and AI-assisted development with Python and GitHub Copilot.
- How deep it goes
- Explains installation, extensions, interface regions, code testing, and error inspection without descending into editor internals.
- Examples
- Uses a Python setup workflow, Copilot-generated code, the Terminal, the Problems panel, and interface diagrams.
- What you can do after
- Operate/configure VS Code for Python development, use Copilot suggestions, run programs, and inspect errors.
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Build Applications with Local AI Models on a Mac
A source-code editor developed by Microsoft with extensibility for programming workflows.
- How it is used
- Serves as the workspace for writing, running, and organizing Python files in a local AI application.
- How deep it goes
- Explains the editor-and-terminal workflow and setup features, but leaves Python coding to later steps.
- Examples
- Uses an editor-and-terminal diagram and the task of creating a project folder and running a first Python script.
- What you can do after
- Operate/configure it to organize Python files, enable editor assistance, and run commands from the integrated terminal.
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Related concepts
- text editorkind of · A text editor is software for creating and modifying text files, including plain-text documents and source code.
- IDEkind of · An integrated development environment (IDE) is a software application that combines source-code editing with tools for developing, building, running, or debugging programs.
- PowerShelluses · PowerShell is Microsoft's cross-platform command shell and scripting language for administering computer systems and automating tasks.
- GitHub Copilotused by · GitHub Copilot is an AI-powered programming assistant that provides code suggestions, generation, and other software-development assistance based on prompts and programming context.
- virtual environmentuses · A Python virtual environment is an isolated runtime and package-installation context with project-specific packages, separate from other environments and system installations.
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