Visual Studio Code has emerged as the go-to remote development tool in many areas far outside the Microsoft-centric developer ecosystem.

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With 14 million users, Microsoft's open source cross-platform code editor Visual Studio Code is one of its key tools for keeping developers engaged with its future in the cloud.

Of course, it's described as a "lightweight" version because an online VS Code can't yet match the desktop version in functionality. For example, there's no internal debugging or terminal with VS Code ...