In brief: If you've ever wanted to run Visual Studio code in a web browser, now you can. Microsoft has made a zero-installation version of the popular desktop app that can be used as a local ...

Believe it or not you can use Microsoft's Visual Studio Code from your web browser, or at least, versions of it. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...

"The launch of Github Codespaces has pushed browser-based, remote development into the mainstream," Gitpod said in a Sept. 28 news release. "However, Microsoft/VS Code did not open source their server ...

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.

Backed by industry leaders GitLab, VMware and Sourcegraph, Gitpod created an open-source project to bring browser-based development to VS Code free from Microsoft's control.

Visual Studio 2013, of course, also has plenty of new features, and you can find a full run-down here. One tool Soma specifically highlighted, though, is the ability to sync customizations between ...