<s>
Visual	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Code	I-Language
,	O
also	O
commonly	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
VS	B-Language
Code	I-Language
,	O
is	O
a	O
source-code	B-Application
editor	I-Application
made	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
with	O
the	O
Electron	B-Operating_System
Framework	I-Operating_System
,	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
include	O
support	O
for	O
debugging	O
,	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
,	O
intelligent	B-Application
code	I-Application
completion	I-Application
,	O
snippets	B-Application
,	O
code	O
refactoring	O
,	O
and	O
embedded	O
Git	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
change	O
the	O
theme	B-Application
,	O
keyboard	O
shortcuts	O
,	O
preferences	O
,	O
and	O
install	O
extensions	O
that	O
add	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Stack	B-Error_Name
Overflow	I-Error_Name
2022	O
Developer	O
Survey	O
,	O
Visual	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Code	I-Language
was	O
ranked	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
developer	O
environment	O
tool	O
among	O
71,010	O
respondents	O
,	O
with	O
74.48	O
%	O
reporting	O
that	O
they	O
use	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Code	I-Language
was	O
first	O
announced	O
on	O
April	O
29	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
at	O
the	O
2015	O
Build	O
conference	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
18	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
source	O
of	O
Visual	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Code	I-Language
was	O
released	O
under	O
the	B-License
MIT	I-License
License	I-License
,	O
and	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Extension	B-Application
support	O
was	O
also	O
announced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
14	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
Visual	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Code	I-Language
graduated	O
from	O
the	O
public	O
preview	O
stage	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
Web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
has	O
released	O
most	O
of	O
Visual	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Code	I-Language
's	O
source	O
code	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
under	O
the	O
permissive	O
MIT	B-License
License	I-License
,	O
while	O
the	O
releases	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
are	O
proprietary	B-License
freeware	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Code	I-Language
is	O
a	O
source-code	B-Application
editor	I-Application
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
programming	O
languages	O
,	O
including	O
C	B-Language
,	O
C#	B-Application
,	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
Fortran	B-Application
,	O
Go	B-Application
,	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
Node.js	B-Language
,	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
Rust	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Electron	B-Operating_System
framework	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
develop	O
Node.js	B-Language
web	B-Application
applications	I-Application
that	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
Blink	B-Language
layout	I-Language
engine	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Code	I-Language
employs	O
the	O
same	O
editor	O
component	O
(	O
codenamed	O
"	O
Monaco	O
"	O
)	O
used	O
in	O
Azure	B-Application
DevOps	I-Application
(	O
formerly	O
called	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Online	O
and	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Team	O
Services	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Out	O
of	O
the	O
box	O
,	O
Visual	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Code	I-Language
includes	O
basic	O
support	O
for	O
most	O
common	O
programming	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
basic	O
support	O
includes	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
,	O
bracket	B-Application
matching	I-Application
,	O
code	B-Application
folding	I-Application
,	O
and	O
configurable	O
snippets	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Code	I-Language
also	O
ships	O
with	O
IntelliSense	B-Application
for	O
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
TypeScript	B-Language
,	O
JSON	B-General_Concept
,	O
CSS	B-Language
,	O
and	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
debugging	O
support	O
for	O
Node.js	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
additional	O
languages	O
can	O
be	O
provided	O
by	O
freely	O
available	O
extensions	O
on	O
the	O
VS	B-Language
Code	I-Language
Marketplace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
it	O
to	O
operate	O
as	O
a	O
language-agnostic	O
code	B-Application
editor	I-Application
for	O
any	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
Visual	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Code	I-Language
features	O
are	O
not	O
exposed	O
through	O
menus	O
or	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
but	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
via	O
the	O
command	O
palette	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Code	I-Language
can	O
be	O
extended	O
via	O
extensions	O
,	O
available	O
through	O
a	O
central	O
repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
notable	O
feature	O
is	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
create	O
extensions	O
that	O
add	O
support	O
for	O
new	O
languages	O
,	O
themes	O
,	O
debuggers	B-Application
,	O
time	B-Application
travel	I-Application
debuggers	I-Application
,	O
perform	O
static	O
code	O
analysis	O
,	O
and	O
add	O
code	B-Device
linters	I-Device
using	O
the	O
Language	O
Server	O
Protocol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Source	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
is	O
a	O
built-in	O
feature	O
of	O
Visual	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Code	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
a	O
dedicated	O
tab	O
inside	O
of	O
the	O
menu	O
bar	O
where	O
users	O
can	O
access	O
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
settings	O
and	O
view	O
changes	O
made	O
to	O
the	O
current	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
use	O
the	O
feature	O
,	O
Visual	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Code	I-Language
must	O
be	O
linked	O
to	O
any	O
supported	O
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
system	I-Architecture
(	O
Git	B-Application
,	O
Apache	B-Application
Subversion	I-Application
,	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
repositories	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
to	O
make	O
push	O
and	O
pull	O
requests	O
directly	O
from	O
the	O
Visual	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Code	I-Language
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Code	I-Language
includes	O
multiple	O
extensions	O
for	O
FTP	B-Protocol
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
software	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
alternative	O
for	O
web	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Code	I-Language
allows	O
users	O
to	O
set	O
the	O
code	O
page	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
active	O
document	O
is	O
saved	O
,	O
the	O
newline	O
character	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
programming	O
language	O
of	O
the	O
active	O
document	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Code	I-Language
collects	O
usage	O
data	O
and	O
sends	O
it	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
although	O
this	O
can	O
be	O
disabled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
2016	O
Developers	O
Survey	O
of	O
Stack	B-Error_Name
Overflow	I-Error_Name
,	O
Visual	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Code	I-Language
ranked	O
No	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
years	O
later	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
Visual	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Code	I-Language
achieved	O
the	O
No	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
2019	O
Developers	O
Survey	O
,	O
Visual	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Code	I-Language
was	O
also	O
ranked	O
No	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
2021	O
Developers	O
Survey	O
,	O
Visual	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Code	I-Language
continued	O
to	O
be	O
ranked	O
No	O
.	O
</s>
