VS Code

What is it?

Visual Studio Code (opens new window) is a lightweight but powerful source code editor which runs on your desktop. With the right tools and setup, you can use it to edit Pick Basic code as well as proc code.

Why use an editor?

Using a code editor has many benefits:

• Viewing code is easier when you are able to scroll and fit more lines vertically on your screen
• Consuming code is easier with syntax highlighting
• Code completion, hints and fixes can help you avoid bugs while you're writing code instead of at compile or run time
• Editing code is easier with tools like multi-cursor, go to reference, snippets, etc.

But why VS Code

VS Code is quickly becoming one of the most loved code editors out there.

The first major benefit is that it can handle almost any language. You can be coding in Python, Javascript and Pick Basic all in the same editor. A lot of other editors only specialize in certain languages so you end up using different editors for different code bases.

Another major advantage is the extensions. There is pretty much an extension for anything you can think of.