VS Code

 Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code is a freeware source-code editor made by Microsoft for Windows, Linux, and macOS. It features, debugging, syntax highlighting, intelligent code completion, snippets, code refactoring, and embedded Git. Users can also change the themes and keyboard shortcuts as per their preference. It supports many programming languages such as Java, Python, C++, etc.

Installing VS Code

Open your browser and search for Visual Studio Code download.

 

Click on the very first link or click on this. link- https://code.visualstudio.com/download

Download the VS Code as per your system requirements. As I am using windows so I will download the VS code for windows.

Once, your download is completed, it will ask you to accept the agreement. Check 'I accept the agreement' and click on next.

Now, check all the boxes as given in the pic (There is no need to recheck if it is already done) and click on next. And it will start installing.

How to use VS Code?

Step 1: Create a new folder

Step 2: Right-click and select open with code

After opening, you'll get a window like this.

Creating a file 

Step 1: Open Explorer

Step 2: Click on the new file icon to create a new file

Step 3: Name your file

Note: Make sure that while naming your file also include the extension.

For Ex- In my case, I am giving the example of a python document. Python files are saved with .py extension, so, I name my file 'blog.py'.

Now, you are all set to start coding :D

Key Board shortcuts in VS Code

The VS code offers a wide range of shortcuts by default, but you can also change them according to your preferences.

Follow these steps to edit keyboard shortcuts

File > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts. ( Code > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts on macOS)

To know the frequently used shortcuts of VS Code visit this official documentation by VS code - https://code.visualstudio.com/shortcuts/keyboard-shortcuts-windows.pdf

Settings

There are many functionalities available in VS Code, you can access it by changing your settings at your convenience. Here, I have given an example to change the user setting to Zoom the font of the editor when using the mouse wheel and holding Ctrl

Follow the below steps if you wanna be able to change the size of your font by scrolling the mouse wheel:

Step 1: Open the settings button, given at the bottom-left corner.

Step 2: Now, search for the mouse in the search bar, and check the option 'Zoom the font of the editor when using the mouse wheel and holding Ctrl'

Now you can easily increase or decrease your font size :)

Difference between User and Workspace setting

When you go to settings, you'll get the two tabs named User and Workspace. Let's know the difference between these two.

• User Settings - Settings that apply globally to any instance of VS Code you open.
• Workspace Settings - Settings are stored in your workspace and only apply when the workspace is opened.

Changing the theme

Step 1: Go to settings

Step 2: Select the options color theme

Step 3: Now, choose the theme of your choice :D

So that's all in this :)
If you wanna know more about VS Code visit the official documentation of VS Code 

Or click this link - https://code.visualstudio.com/docs

By- Kashvi Maurya