Software Evaluation: Visual Studio Code

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Visual Studio Code often abbreviate as VS Code is powerful source code editor. It is working  cross platform such as Windows, macOS and Linux. Access to this powerful tool can be obtained from the official website. Default it comes with built-in support for JavaScript, TypeScript and Node.js. Further, VS code has a rich ecosystem of extensions for other programming languages and runtimes such as Java, C++, C#, PHP, .NET, Go, Python (Microsoft, 2021). According to the Stack Overflow Developer Survey VS code was ranked highest in terms of popularity (Stack Overflow, 2021). However Visual Studio Code was first announced on April 29, 2015, by Microsoft (Lardinois, 2015). The visual studio code community is huge, as evidenced by platforms such as GitHub and Stack Overflow. Microsoft Visual Studio Code is a Microsoft licensed distribution of 'Code - OSS' that includes Microsoft proprietary assets (such as icons) and features (Visual Studio Marketplace integration, small aspects of enabling Remote Development). The additions to the Visual Studio Code distribution code base may make up only a small percentage of the overall distribution code base, but it is more accurate to say that the application "builds on" open source than that it "is" open source (Microsoft, 2021). In the area of software development, Visual Studio Code competes with many similar software such as Notepad++, Sublime Text, UltraEdit, Atom, Brackets, GNU Emacs, CodePen, BBEdit, NetBeans. Some of them are free and some are paid. However, VS Code is a suitable choice for developers because it has a huge community that develops it. In addition, it is free to use and comes with very rich features. Visual Studio code is a lightweight tool that should run easily on today's hardware. Recommended system requirements for visual studio code is 1.6 GHz or faster processor. 1 GB of RAM (Microsoft, 2021).

 

 

 

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Lardinois, F. (2015) Microsoft Launches Visual studio code, a free cross-platform code editor for OS X, linux and windows, TechCrunch. Available at: https://techcrunch.com/2015/04/29/microsoft-shocks-the-world-with-visual-studio-code-a-free-code-editor-for-os-x-linux-and-windows/ (Accessed: November 29, 2022).

Microsoft (2021) Visual studio code - code editing. redefined, RSS. Microsoft. Available at: https://code.visualstudio.com/ (Accessed: November 29, 2022).

Microsoft (2021) Visual studio code frequently asked questions, RSS. Microsoft. Available at: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/FAQ (Accessed: November 29, 2022).

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