Visual Studio Code extension bisect utility
February 16, 2021 by Johannes Rieken, @johannesrieken
"Just like git-bisect, but for VS Code extensions."
The true power of Visual Studio Code is its extensions: theme extensions add colors and icons, language extensions enable smart code completion (IntelliSense) and navigation, debugger extensions enable you to run your code and easily find bugs. There are extensions that play music, some that show stock tickers, and there are extensions that enable collaborative work across locations and time zones. The VS

Visual Studio Code January 2021
Downloads: Windows: User System ARM | Mac | Linux: snap deb rpm tarball ARM
Welcome to the January 2021 release of Visual Studio Code. There are a number of updates in this version that we hope you will like, some of the key highlights include:
- Wrap tabs - Wrap editor tabs in the workbench instead of having a scrollbar.
- Configure tab decorations - Add editor tab status decorations.
- Customize search mode - Use the Search view or open a new Search editor.
- JavaScript debugging - Support for conditional

Visual Studio Code November 2020
Update 1.52.1 : The update addresses these issues .
Downloads: Windows: User System ARM | Mac | Linux: snap deb rpm tarball ARM
Welcome to the November 2020 release of Visual Studio Code. As announced in the November iteration plan , we continued to focus for two weeks on housekeeping GitHub issues and pull requests as documented in our issue grooming guide . Across all of our VS Code repositories, we closed (either triaged or fixed) 5242 issues, which is even

Coding and learning with VS Code on Chromebooks
December 3, 2020 by Alessandro Segala, @ItalyPaleAle
For the last few years, Chromebooks running Google Chrome OS have been providing an alternative to "traditional" laptops. Thanks to lots of choices, from very affordable models to high-end ones, Chromebooks are especially popular among students, who can use them for learning, completing assignments, and attending classes virtually.
While Chromebooks and Chrome OS are typically centered around the web browser, you can also enable a Linux environment that allows installing native desktop applications,

Visual Studio Code October 2020
Downloads: Windows: User System ARM | Mac | Linux: snap deb rpm tarball ARM
Welcome to the October 2020 release of Visual Studio Code. As announced in the October iteration plan , we focused on housekeeping GitHub issues and pull requests as documented in our issue grooming guide.
We also worked with our partners at GitHub on GitHub Codespaces, which ended up being more involved than originally anticipated. To that end, we'll continue working on housekeeping for part of the November iteration.
During this housekeeping milestone

Visual Studio Code September 2020
Downloads: Windows: User System | Mac | Linux: snap deb rpm tarball
Welcome to the September 2020 release of Visual Studio Code. There are a number of updates in this version that we hope you will like, some of the key highlights include:
- Accessible settings editor - Interact with the settings list like any other list in VS Code.
- Pinned tabs improvements - Resize pinned tabs, unpin with one click, and more.
- Linux ARM builds - VS Code is now available for both Linux ARMv7 and

Visual Studio Code August 2020
Downloads: Windows: User System | Mac | Linux: snap deb rpm tarball
Welcome to the August 2020 release of Visual Studio Code. There are a number of updates in this version that we hope you will like, some of the key highlights include:
- Format modified text - Limit formatting to just the code you've changed.
- Change casing on Search and Replace - Change text casing during global Search and Replace.
- Source Control repositories view - Display pending changes per repository.
- Filter Debug Console output - Quickly

Visual Studio Code July 2020
Downloads: Windows: User System | Mac | Linux: snap deb rpm tarball
Welcome to the July 2020 release of Visual Studio Code. There are a number of updates in this version that we hope you will like, some of the key highlights include:
- Settings Sync to Stable - Settings Sync is now available for preview in stable.
- Updated Extensions view menu - Simplified menu with additional filtering options.
- New Git View submenus - Refactored overflow menu for Git in the Source Control view.
- Updated in-browser debugging

Visual Studio Code June 2020
Visual Studio Code June 2020