Microsoft Releases Visual Studio Code Version 1.0

Visual Studio Code was launched one year ago and has been downloaded 2 million times and is actively used by over 500K developers.

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

April 21, 2016

2 Min Read
Microsoft Releases Visual Studio Code Version 1.0

According to Microsoft, what began as an experiment, has turned into a product that is focused on the productivity of developers and provides high quality editing and debugging capabilities.

Although it was built with the focus on web based app development using JavaScript and TypeScript, Visual Studio Code has seen a community of developers grow up around it to put together a marketplace with over 1,000 extensions that expand the original capabilities of the product.

"Getting to "1.0" over the last few months has been about more than features. We have worked with the community to further improve stability, fixing hundreds of bugs. And we’ve pushed hard on getting the best performance we can out of the editing experience."

Visual Studio Code obviously has a great community around it as evidenced above but having a code editor that is compatible with Windows, OS X and Linux really expands the access developers on all of those platforms now have access to great editing tools, clear navigation, debugging and built in Git support for their projects.

Visual Studio Code Stats from Microsoft

, the 1.0 release does not mean work stops or that the team rests on the success of VS Code with 2 million downloads and 500K active users.

"Performance, stability, accessibility, and compatibility are of utmost importance to our users, and they are to us as well. We will continue to invest in improving developer productivity, guided by the great user feedback on UserVoice. We will continue to work with partners and the community to expand support for new languages, and platforms, and experiences. And we will continue to work with you, our community, to build a great tool for you, and for every developer."

Read more about the Visual Studio Code 1.0 release and find links to the documentation and download over at the Visual Studio Code web portal.

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About the Author

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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