Mastering Visual Studio Code

Mastering Visual Studio Code empowers the readers to get the most out of VS Code, an extremely popular and powerful code editor.

Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is a free and open source code and text editor. Despite its modest weight, VS Code includes numerous significant features that have made it one of most popular code editors in recent years.

VS Code is compatible with various programming languages, including Java, C++, Python, CSS, Go, and Docker files, among other. VS Code also lets you add and create new extensions, such as code linkers, debuggers, and support for cloud and web development. Compared to other text editors, the VS Code user interface allows for a lot of interactivity.

Some of the major advantages of Visual Studio Code are:

• Cross-stack development using an open technology platform.
• Huge repository of plugins produced by the community and professionals.
• Debug tools for generic usage.
• Cross-platform support, including Linux, Mac and Windows.

A good and powerful code editor is a vital part of any developer's toolkit. VS Code has all the features any developer might need. As such, learning Visual Studio Code and understanding its various offerings and features is a good idea.

With Mastering Visual Studio Code, using VS Code will become a breeze, regardless of the language that you are coding in, thereby boosting your productivity.

About the Series

The Mastering Computer Science covers a wide range of topics, spanning programming languages as well as modern-day technologies and frameworks. The series has a special focus on beginner-level content, and is presented in an easy to understand manner, comprising:

• Crystal-clear text, spanning various topics sorted by relevance,
• Special focus on practical exercises, with numerous code samples and programs,
• A guided approach to programming, with step by step tutorials for the absolute beginners,
• Keen emphasis on real-world utility of skills, thereby cutting the redundant and seldom-used concepts and focusing instead of industry-prevalent coding paradigm,
• A wide range of references and resources, to help both beginner and intermediate-level developers gain the most out of the books.

Mastering Computer Science series of books start from the core concepts, and then quickly move on to industry-standard coding practices, to help learners gain efficient and crucial skills in as little time as possible. The books assume no prior knowledge of coding, so even the absolute newbie coders can benefit from this series.

Mastering Computer Science series is edited by Sufyan bin Uzayr, a writer and educator with over a decade of experience in the computing field.