Of course, VS Code updates semi-automatically for most users who already have it and is easily available for download, as is the flagship Visual Studio IDE, bringing into question the advantages of a ...

Microsoft has taken Visual Studio Code to the browser with the new VS Code for the Web, a lightweight version of the super-popular code editor that runs fully online.

With 14 million users, Microsoft's open source cross-platform code editor Visual Studio Code is one of its key tools for keeping developers engaged with its future in the cloud.