Here’s a new way to create Visual Studio Code extensions that enable cross-compilation and transfer of Raspberry Pi 5 applications on a host personal computer.

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

Python libraries are pre-written code designed to simplify programming. Learn how to install Python Libraries in Visual Studio Code.

A developer needs only to download Visual Studio's Java coding pack from Microsoft, and the installer takes care of the rest. Simply accept all the defaults and the VS Code for Java installer performs ...

If you’re an R programmer hoping to try GitHub Copilot, you’ll need to use Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code. Here’s how to set up and use VS Code for R.

But you don't have to use the appsettings.json file if you don't want to -- .NET Core will let you hard-code your configuration settings or retrieve them from some other source (a database, perhaps).

Code written and compiled in Code can be debugged on the Pico over a wired connection to your host Pi. The combination of Raspberry Pi and Visual Studio Code is a powerful one.