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Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Essentials

This Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) training prepares software developers to code, debug, run tasks, run version control, and other development operations within Visual Studio Code's (free) streamlined code editor on macOS, Linux or Windows.

Updated December 2020

4Skills
35Videos
4h 10mTotal
35 videos4h 10m

Who This Course Is For

This Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Essentials training is considered foundational-level Microsoft training, which means it was designed for beginner software developers. This course is valuable for new or aspiring IT professionals, experienced software developers looking to validate foundational skills, and non-technical professionals alike.

Skills Your Team Will Gain

  • Customizing the workspace for your personal preferences and needs
  • Speeding up your coding with IntelliSense's smart recommendations
  • Debugging code directly in the editor
  • Pushing and pulling from Git and other SCM providers seamlessly
  • Deploying and hosting sites, storing relational data, and scaling from within the editor
  • Connecting to containers running a different OS without slowing down

Course Curriculum

  • Premium skill.Prepare a VS Code Development Environment45m
  • Premium skill.Mastering Visual Studio Code for Productivity1h 34m
  • Premium skill.Deploy a Python Azure Function App with VS Code32m
  • Premium skill.Configure Visual Studio Code for PowerShell Development1h 18m

Readiness check

Confirm prerequisite knowledge before training begins

A short placement assessment on the CBT Nuggets assessments platform measures whether a learner already has the foundation this course assumes. IT Directors use it to put the right people in the right training — and any learner can take it right now to make sure they'll get full value from day one.

  • Questions generated from this course's own lesson transcripts — what gets measured is exactly what gets taught
  • Instant, per-learner results that show whether the prerequisite foundation is in place
  • Results roll up into team readiness reporting, so training hours go where they change outcomes

Runs on assessments.cbtnuggets.com — sign in with an Adept account so results roll up into team readiness reporting. Need one? Create an Adept account.

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