Discussing basic features of VS Code

With a brief introduction to development tools, we will now start off our learning journey by exploring some basic features of VS Code.

Files and folders

Unlike an IDE, VS Code does not depend on creating a solution or a project file. Your project is your folder, with subfolders and files in it. You can use the File menu and Open File... or Open Folder to start editing, as illustrated in the following screenshot:

Figure 1.1 – File menu in VS Code editor

Opening the folder will load all the files of the folder in VS Code. You can open multiple folders at a time. These folders will be available in the left pane of the editor.

Workspace

Often, your product will be organized into multiple interlinked projects. In this case, VS Code provides an option to combine these folders in a workspace. This way, when you open a workspace, it will open all the related project folders.

To do this, you can simply select...