
It's also a little symptomatic of Microsoft's scatter-gun approach to developers as it seeks to leverage the esteem in which Visual Studio Code is held. Overall, the private preview of Visual Studio Code Server is welcome, if a long time coming. Gitpod's OpenVSCode Server springs to mind, as does Coder's code-server (now up to version 4.5). Installing Visual Studio Code Open the File Manager Double-click on the file In Archive Manager, click Extract Double-click file system. There are also plenty of alternatives out there. It includes support for debugging, Git control, syntax highlighting. You'll also be asked to accept the terms of a license agreement which permits Microsoft to receive telemetry data, but those using tools from Redmond likely know what they are signing up for. Download Visual Studio Code - A source code editor for Windows, Linux and macOS.

Need something more (like installing extensions) and you'll need to fall back to the code CLI. The private preview is fired up using code-server. Microsoft Visual Studio: Cluttering up developer disks for 25 yearsīut there are limitations.


It opens up the possibility of using a browser on a machine that does not enjoy native Visual Studio Code support, connected to a machine running Visual Studio Code Server.
