Securing a Visual Studio license usually requires a hefty investment of $499, making it out of reach for many developers. Luckily, through February 4, it's on sale for $44.99 — no coupon necessary.

The Visual Studio Code product itself ships under a standard Microsoft product license, as it has a small percentage of Microsoft-specific customizations. It’s free despite the commercial license.

A GitHub project called VSCodium offers up the popular Visual Studio Code editor, but stripped of Microsoft customizations and released under a 'real' open source license.

A lifetime license to Visual Studio Professional 2022 normally goes for £400, but you can get it on sale for £31.93.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 is a 64-bit IDE (integrated development environment) used for making apps, webpages, and more.

TL;DR: Microsoft Visual Studio Pro is suited to beginner and advanced developers, and a lifetime license is on sale for $29.97 (reg. $499) through January 12.

This article is a step by step guide on how to download & install Visual Studio Code, along with details about its different channels.

The code in the Visual Studio Code repository is open source under the MIT License. The VS Code product itself ships under a standard Microsoft product license, as it has a small percentage of ...

A new open-source build of the popular Visual Studio Code (VS Code) editor stripped of Microsoft customizations and released under a 'real' open-source license is now available.