Download Visual Studio Code 1.56.0
Visual Studio Code is an open source code editor with support for IntelliSense, debugging, git and code snippets. Downloads are available for Windows, Linux, and macOS. Support for common scripting and programming languages is present and it can also be done via extensions to be expanded. Microsoft has released version 1.56 and detailed information about that release is on this page to find, this is the announcement:
April 2021 (version 1.56)
Welcome to the April 2021 release of Visual Studio Code. The VS Code team has been busy this month working on several longer lead time updates so check out the Preview features section to learn what’s upcoming. Here are some of the highlights included in this release:
- Improved hover feedback – Helps you quickly find clickable editor actions.
- Terminal profile improvements – Create a custom default terminal profile.
- Debugger inline values – Display variable values inline during debugging sessions.
- Notebook KaTeX support – Math support in notebook Markdown cells.
- Remote – Container volumes view – Manage mounted volumes within Docker containers.
- winget installation – VS Code is available through the Windows Package Manager.
- New introductory videos – Videos for getting started with VS Code as well as working with C++.
- Terminal tab preview – Get a first look at managing open terminals with the new tabs view.
If you’d like to read these release notes online, go to Updates on code.visualstudio.com.
Version number | 1.56.0 |
Release status | Final |
Operating systems | Windows 7, Linux, macOS, Windows 8, Windows 10 |
Website | Microsoft |
Download | https://code.visualstudio.com/#alt-downloads |
License type | GPL |