Use Visual Studio Code to write and debug code quickly and efficiently on any platform, for any device, using any programming language, and on the operating system of your choice.
Visual Studio Code is an open source and cross-platform development tool that focuses on code editing across a variety of development scenarios, including web, mobile, and cloud development. Visual Studio Code Distilled teaches you how to be immediately productive with Visual Studio Code, from the basics to some of the more complex topics. You will learn how to work on individual code files, complete projects, and come away with an understanding of advanced code-editing features that will help you focus on productivity, and source code collaboration with Git.
What You'll Learn
Comprehend Visual Studio Code in a way that is not just theory or a list of features, but an approach driven by developer tasks and needs
Understand integrated support for team collaboration with Git for executing and debugging code, and the many ways you can extend and customize VS Code
Debug code on multiple platforms though real-world guidance, such as working under corporate networks
Expand your coding intelligence from web to mobile to the cloud, and even artificial intelligence
Acquire valuable tips, tricks, and suggestions from hard-earned, real-world experience to be more productive
Who This Book Is For
All developers (including JavaScript, Java, NodeJS), not just those with a Microsoft background, who will benefit from learning and using VS code as a cross-platform and cross-language tool.
Introducing Visual Studio CodeGoal: this chapter will introduce Visual
Studio Code as a development tool from Microsoft, discussing its open source
and cross-platform nature, its goals and most typical usage scenarios,
explaining how it works on Windows, macOS and Linux distributions.
2. Getting to know the Workspace
Goal: this chapter will explain the VS Code workspace, its menus, commands,
toolbars, shortcuts and areas in the user interface the developer must know
to get familiar with the environment.
3. Language support and code editing features
Goal: this chapter will explain what languages are supported out of the box
and which are instead supported through extensibility and, more important, it
will cover all the powerful code editing features that represent the core of
this tool. This is definitely the most important chapter.
4. Working with files and folders
Goal: this chapter explains how to edit individual files and how to work with
folders that contain multiple files (or projects) in a structured way, making
the natural step forward after learning about code editing features.
5. Customizing VS Code
Goal: this chapter will talk about customizing preferences in the VS Code
environment, such as themes, keyboard shortcuts, the code editor, network
preferences and much more.
6. Installing and managing extensions
Goal: this chapter will explain how to extend Visual Studio Code by
installing extensions such as additional languages, debuggers, code snippets
and team collaboration tools. It will also provide a list of must-have
extensions and it will explain how to customize extension settings.
7. Source control with Git
Goal: this chapter will discuss source control with Git, which is about how
people in the development team can collaborate over the code. Common features
such as committing changes, merging and branching will be discussed. As a
bonus, this chapter will also discuss how to leverage the integrated Git
support against Microsofts Visual Studio Team Services via an extension.
8. Automating tasks
Goal: this chapter will discuss how to execute external tools and commands
from VS Code (such as compilers), explaining how this goes beyond being a
simple code editor.
9. Running and debugging code
Goal: this is another key chapter, as it explains how powerful VS Code is as
a development tool and not as a simple code editor, due to its capability of
running and debugging code with integrated debuggers for .NET Core and
Node.JS and with debuggers that can be installed as extensions. Examples of
running and debugging code will be provided for .NET Core (C#), Node.JS
(Java) and Docker.
Alessandro Del Sole is Senior Software Engineer for a healthcare company, building mobile apps for doctors and dialysis patients. He has been in the software industry for almost 20 years, focusing on Microsoft technologies such as .NET, C#, Visual Studio, and Xamarin. He has been a trainer, consultant, and a Microsoft MVP since 2008 and is the author of many technical books. He is a Xamarin Certified Mobile Developer, Microsoft Certified Professional, and a Microsoft Programming Specialist in C#.
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