Next time you're starting a new development project, skip the tedious configuration and setup with these handy templates.

The January release of Visual Studio Code 1.9 is out with a bunch of fixes, updates and new features, including a new interactive playground that lets developers try out editing features immediately.

This launches the core editor from Visual Studio Code in your browser with all the features you need to make a quick change and then commit it back to the repo.

Believe it or not you can use Microsoft's Visual Studio Code from your web browser, or at least, versions of it.