Getting started with Visual Studio Code
In this tutorial, we walk you through using Visual Studio Code powered with AI features.
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Helpful shortcuts
- Download and install VS Code.
- Open a folder
- File > Open Folder (Ctrl+K Ctrl+O)
- Open the Chat view
- View > Chat (⌃⌘I (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Alt+I))
- File Explorer
- View > Explorer (⇧⌘E (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+E))
- Search view
- View > Search (⇧⌘F (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+F))
- Source Control
- View > Source Control (SCM) (⌃⇧G (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+G))
- Run and Debug
- View > Run (⇧⌘D (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+D))
- Extensions view
- View > Extensions (⇧⌘X (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+X))
- Open the Command Palette.
- View > Command Palette... (⇧⌘P (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+P))
- Output panel
- View > Output (⇧⌘U (Windows Ctrl+Shift+U, Linux Ctrl+K Ctrl+H))
- Debug Console
- View > Debug Console (⇧⌘Y (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+Y))
- Problems panel
- View > Problems (⇧⌘M (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+M))
- Integrated Terminal
- View > Terminal (⌃` (Windows, Linux Ctrl+`))
- Create a new file
- File > New File (⌘N (Windows, Linux Ctrl+N))
- Save a file
- File > Save (⌘S (Windows, Linux Ctrl+S))
- Auto Save
- File > Auto Save
- Run
- Run > Start Debugging (F5)
- Zoom
- Zoom out (⌘- (Windows, Linux Ctrl+-))
- Zoom in (⌘= (Windows, Linux Ctrl+=))
Next video
- Code Editing in Visual Studio Code - Learn about the advanced code editing features in VS Code.
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Related resources
- User Interface - View the documentation for VS Code.
- Setup Overview - Documentation for getting up and running with VS Code, including platform specific setup.
- IntelliSense -VS Code brings smart code completions as you type.