If you want to setup and use Deepseek-R1 in Visual Studio Code, follow the steps mentioned in this tutorial.

Choosing between Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio may depend as much on your work style as on the language support and features you need. Here’s how to decide.

Believe it or not you can use Microsoft's Visual Studio Code from your web browser, or at least, versions of it.

If you want to code using Visual Studio Code but you're using a Chromebook, it's not a problem at all.