


Note: if you're a Windows user, you can still follow this tutorial by skipping all the command-line installations. In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to install and use VSCode on Ubuntu, one of the most popular Linux distros. In most of the other popular code editors, these features are only available after you install the appropriate plugins manually-if they are available at all. support for build tools such as Gulp and Jake.Here are some features that might make VSCode a compelling alternative to your present code editor: However, because Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 itself is available on Windows, VSCode is most likely to see more adoption among Linux and Mac users who, until now, had to make do with simpler alternatives such as Sublime Text, Atom or Komodo Edit for web development. VSCode works equally well on Linux, Mac, and Windows. In order to attract Linux and Mac users to the Visual Studio family of development tools, Microsoft recently launched Visual Studio Code (or VSCode for short)-a truly cross-platform code editor that is both fast and light-weight.

Microsoft Visual Studio is one of the most powerful integrated development environments available, with one downside: it's only available for Windows.
