"For short, we often call it 'VS Code' although I prefer to spell out the full name. Visual Studio Code has an interesting architecture. Visual Studio Code is largely written in TypeScript (so basically JavaScript) on top of Electron. Electron itself is made of the Node.js runtime environment together with the Web engine Chromium. Electron provides an all-purpose approach to building desktop application using JavaScript or TypeScript."
"On my main laptop, it starts up in about 0.1s. I rarely notice any lag. It is almost always snappy, whether I use it on macOS or under Windows. Under Windows, Visual Studio Code feels faster than Visual Studio. Yet Visual Studio is written in C# and C++, languages that allow much better optimization, in principle. What makes it work is all the optimization work that went into v8, Chromium, Node.js."
Visual Studio Code is a widely used, fast, and extensible code editor adopted by major software corporations. The name shares corporate origin with Visual Studio but is otherwise distinct and often shortened to 'VS Code'. The editor is primarily written in TypeScript and runs on Electron, which combines Node.js and the Chromium web engine built on V8. The V8/Chromium/Node.js optimizations produce snappy startup and responsiveness on macOS and Windows. Strong extension support, terminal integration, Remote SSH capability, and Copilot integration enhance productivity. System programming workflows commonly use C or C++ with CMake as the build system.
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