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Introducing Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (Editor) for Linux

Visual Studio Code is a cross-platform open-source Text Editor developed by Microsoft that comes with built-in support for TypeScript, JavaScript, and Node.js right out of the box.

Its source code (available on GitHub) is a port of the Redmond Giant’s Visual Studio Online Editor (codenamed ???Monaco???), and repackaged for desktop thanks to the power of the famous Electron framework.

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