Visual Studio Code proper is built using the Electron shell, Node.js, TypeScript, and the Language Server protocol, and is updated on a monthly basis. The extensions are updated as often as needed.

Visual Studio Code is a lightweight IDE from Microsoft for developers to write code in a variety of languages like Python, PHP and more. It has inbuilt support for Git as well.

Microsoft today launched its Node.js Tools for Visual Studio in alpha, which now allows developers to edit, and debug node.js code right in Microsoft’s popular IDE.

To get started creating your first extension, go to "Your First Extension" at the VS Code site. You need a bunch of stuff, including Node.js, Git, and specifically for this, Yeoman and the VS Code ...

Even when projects are bundled into containers, developers can do the same things they're accustomed to doing locally, such as debugging Node.js with Visual Studio Code, accessing the file system, ...