It's really nice to see how the code editor evolves. Every month there is a new version with great communication of new features and changes.

Visual Studio Code comes fairly complete out of the box, but there are many plugins available to extend its functionality.

There's a new release of Visual Studio Code every month. If you are one of the insiders then releases are daily.

There's no need to press alt+tab to go to a terminal: it is directly integrated into the editor.

JavaScript IntelliSense allows Visual Studio Code to provide you with useful hints and auto-completion features while you code.

The Omnisharp plugin is very powerful providing full sln, csproj, and project.json support.

There is very solid TypeScript integration in Visual Studio Code. Both are developed by Microsoft and VSC itself is written in TypeScript.

For a 'wrapped' web-based application, Visual Studio Code performs very well.

Extensions are written in either Typescript or JavaScript.

Released under the MIT License.

VSC includes debugging tools for Node.js, TypeScript, and JavaScript.

You don't need to configure and add plugins before being productive. However, you can add plugins if needed but for the basics you're well covered.

ESLint integrates great. You can define your rules trough .eslintrc.* as usual and vs code will autofix your code on save. So your code is always in style.

The ease of getting assistance and finding tutorials is increasing as the community grows.

Task runners display lists of available tasks and performing these tasks is as simple as a click of the mouse.

Visual Studio Code has integrated Git control, guaranteeing speed, data integrity, and support for distributed, non-linear workflows.

It supports pretty web rtl languages like arabic languages when most of other editors don't support it.

Snippets are templates that will insert text for you and adapt it to their context, and in VSC they are highly customizable.