Welcome to The Complete Visual Studio Code Course!

Used by programmers around the world, Visual Studio Code is a source-code editor developed by Microsoft for Windows, Linux and macOS.

Whether you're learning Visual Studio Code for yourself, or to help you work more efficiently as part of a team, this 6.5hr course is guaranteed to help you get the most out of VSCode.

Remember, small tweaks to your setup can have a BIG impact!

The Complete Visual Studio Code Course is designed for beginners, and taught by industry expert Dr Nauman. Throughout this course you'll learn. . .

• How to customise your VSCode workspace, and create the perfect environment for yourself and your projects

• How to speed up your workflow by using snippets and shortcuts

• How to organise your projects efficiently with folder and profiles, and synchronise your VSCode environment across machines

• How VSCode can be used HTML, CSS, Python, node-js and LaTex (with a dedicated section on each)

• How to share your code via GitHub, and the importance of Version Control in Git.

• We'll also recommend 25+ Extensions and Plugins that you can use to work more efficiently! 

Every course section ends with 3-6 tasks that put in to practice all the new skills you've just learnt! Each exercise is a hands-on coding exercise designed to test your learning AND give you the confidence you need to continue on your learning journey. 

This course is a brilliant introduction to Visual Studio Code, and will help you and your colleagues work faster, and more efficiently on whatever project you decide. 

A full breakdown of what this course covers is below. . .

• How to install Visual Studio Code

• What the key elements of the VSCode interface are

• How to customise your VSCode via the settings

• How to create and use files and folders

• Using a terminal within VSCode

• How and why to use Markdown in files

• Essential early shortcuts, including Delete, Duplicate, Move, and Replace with Multiple Cursors

• Customising the look of VSCode with themes and extensions

• Key functionality of Search and Replace within Large Codebases

• A basic and advanced introduction to Snippets - essential for an efficient workflow

• How to assign shortcut keys

• How to add Functionality with Extensions

• Organising your projects with new windows and folders

• Synchronising your VSCode environment across multiple locations (home and the office!)

• Working with colleagues via GitHub

• Best practices when using Jupyter and Jupyter Notebook

• How to debug efficiently in a complex/large code base

• How to create and use an interactive environment for code and debugging

• Learn how to set up a node.js server

• Git support and functionality within VSCode

• Create a local repository in VSCode and share it on Git