Visual Studio Code is a lightweight but very powerful source code editor that, importantly, runs on the desktop of Windows, OS X and Linux operating systems. Visual Studio Code has built-in support for JavaScript, TypeScript and Node.js languages, and provides rich extension libraries and runtimes for other languages such as C++, C#, Python, PHP, etc.
1. Practical application of Visual Studio Code
(1) Fast and powerful coding function: It
can quickly capture and highlight problems in the program. Supports multi-cursor editing, parameter prompts, and other fast coding features.
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Fast and powerful coding function (screenshot from VS Code English document)
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(2) IntelliSense function: Provides intelligent code completion for variable types, function definitions, and imported modules according to the document context.
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IntelliSense (screenshot from VS Code English documentation)
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(3) Code navigation and refactoring: Use peek and navigate to definition functions to browse your source code, and code refactoring becomes a breeze.
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Code navigation and refactoring (screenshots from VS Code English documentation)
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(4) Integrated Git support: Support the use of Git to speed up your code release cycle. Visually review the code change process and commit instantly in Visual Studio Code without the distraction of committing exclusively.
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Integrated Git support (screenshot from VS Code English documentation)
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(5) Integrated debugging functions: power off and stop, check and monitor variables, use interactive interpreter and hover to check context variables.
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Integrated debugging function (screenshot from VS Code English documentation)
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(6) Easy to extend: Customize your own tools using the integrated extension library market. Additional rich language support can be added to Visual Studio Code with just a few mouse clicks.
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Easy to extend (screenshot from VS Code English documentation)
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Second, the most commonly used extensions The addition
of various extension tools allows you to freely use other languages, styles, debugging tools, commands, etc. The secret sauce shared by the growing Visual Studio Code community user base can help you improve your workflow.
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The most commonly used extensions (screenshots are from the VS Code English documentation)
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For more extension tools, please move to the visual studio marketplace .
3. Take the first step
In order to maximize the benefits of Visual Studio Code, you can start learning from the following introductory topics:
(1) Installation - How to install Visual Studio Code on your own operating system platform and Personal Development Requirements Configuration Toolset
(2) Basics - A basic introduction to the Visual Studio Code editor user interface, commands and features.
(3) Settings - Customize Visual Studio Code and then work as you want.
(4) Language - Learn about Visual Studio Code's support for your favorite programming language.
(5) Node.js - A simple guide on how to quickly run and debug Node.js web applications. (
6) Why use VS Code? - Read about the design philosophy and architecture of Visual Studio Code.
4. Download Visual Studio Code
Download VS Code - Quickly find the right installation package for you (Windows, OS X and Linux).
5. Privacy Protection
By default, VS Code will automatically update to the latest version and collect software user usage data and crash report information. You can disable automatic updates and data collection by modifying the default settings, as follows:
(1) How to turn off automatic updates?
( 2) How to disable reporting of crash information?
(3) How to prohibit the reporting of user usage data?