Episode

How VS Code builds and ships VS Code

with Burke Holland, Benjamin Pasero, Johannes Rieken

Visual Studio Code

A deep dive with VS Code engineers Ben and Joh into how VS Code develops, organizes and ships for Electron and the web with a single source

Chapters

  • 00:00 - Deep dive into the evolution of VS Code
  • 02:39 - A look back at the first iterations of VS Code in 2011
  • 12:18 - Why did Microsoft invest in VS Code
  • 20:45 - Web-based to Electron
  • 35:53 - Complex editors - widgets
  • 39:53 - Complex editors - trees
  • 45:04 - Iterating to make things better
  • 57:17 - Importance of organizing source code
  • 01:09:35 - Testing
  • 01:29:50 - Importance of submitting well-written issues
  • 01:35:33 - Let us know what you think! Happy Coding!

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Visual Studio Code