[15] Visual Studio Code is a source-code editor that can be used with a variety of programming languages, including C, C#, C++, Fortran, Go, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Python, Rust, and Julia.

[21] The downloadable version of Visual Studio Code is built on the Electron framework,[22] which is used to develop Node.js web applications that run on the Blink layout engine.

Visual Studio Code for the Web is a browser-based version of the editor that can be used to edit both local files and remote repositories (on GitHub and Microsoft Azure) without installing the full program.

Visual Studio Code also ships with IntelliSense for JavaScript, TypeScript, JSON, CSS, and HTML, as well as debugging support for Node.js.

Many Visual Studio Code features are not exposed through menus or the user interface but can be accessed via the command palette.

It has a dedicated tab inside the menu bar where users can access version control settings and view changes made to the current project.

To use the feature, Visual Studio Code must be linked to any supported version control system (Git, Apache Subversion, Perforce, etc.).

This allows users to create repositories and to make push and pull requests directly from the Visual Studio Code program.

[40][41] However, CEC-IDE was subsequently found to be a rebranded release of Visual Studio Code that, among other things, failed to include a copy of the MIT license as required for redistributions.