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

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

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

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

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

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.

Extensions are written in either Typescript or JavaScript.

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

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

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

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

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.

Released under the MIT License.

All it takes is one stop for all the features many people need.

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

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.

Excellent Python plugin, originally created by Don Jayamanne, now hired by Microsoft to extend and maintain the extension.

VS-Code has the speed of Sublime and the power of WebStorm. Perhaps this is the best software that Microsoft has ever created.

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

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

It leverages TypeScript compiler functionality to statically type check JS (type inference, JSDoc types) with "javascript.implicitProjectConfig.checkJs": true option.

These features allow you to have a glance at code without opening it as a whole in a separate tab. Moreover, editing is allowed.

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

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