VS Code Experience

What is VS Code?

VS Code or Visual Studio Code in full is an open-source code editor that can be used to view, edit, run and debug source code for websites or applications.

Created in April of 2015 by Microsoft, this platform enables a web developer or programmer(s) to code in various programming languages such as Java, JavaScript, C++, Python and more.

HTML, a markup language as well is available for use. CSS is not available on VS code, but you can write it using VS code.

How I found out about VS Code

My first encounter with Visual Studio Code occurred in 2019 when I was a 2nd year diploma student at KCA University.

Initially I took a break from it up until last year September, where I found it to be the most useful code editor when making a website from scratch for a class assignment for a unit called Web Programming in IT at Kabarak University.

Features

During the process of creating the website I took notice of the following amazing features that VS Code provides:

Live Preview - This feature allows a coder to preview the webpage for an html or JavaScript file.

Extensions - Is another feature in visual studio code that allows a coder to customize your project and improve the project’s productivity.
For example, extensions can program in java can be run and debugged through the use of extensions.

Intelli-Sense - Detects if a part of a code is incorrect or incomplete.

Advantages of Using VS Code

1. Debugging - VS Code inbuilt debugger assists a writer to accelerate his or her coding edit, compile and debug loop.
2. Customization - A programmer can customize a code any way he or she sees fit in a program.
3. Code Management Features - Features such as Peek Definition and Go Definition can be used to format javascript code as well as code of other languages.

Conclusion

So far Visual Studio Code is the simplest and most convenient code editor I have ever used.
I recommend it to beginners learning to code for the first time as well as veteran programmers in the tech realm.