Visual Studio Code

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Please see  Visual Studio Code for more information on the tool itself.

This article is about the rich text editor commonly used with scripts. For the IDE recommended for use with the Source engine's C++ code, see Visual Studio.

Visual Studio Code (also known shorthand as VSCode) is a rich text editor developed and maintained by Microsoft. Its extension marketplace contains many community-driven extensions catering to scripting formats used in Source, making it a frequently recommended tool among modders who work with scripts. Visual Studio Code should not be confused with Visual Studio, which is a more complicated and heavy-handed application used for Source's C++ source code.

Visual Studio Code is particularly useful for VScript due to its versatility with high-level programming languages. For more information on how to set up Visual Studio Code with VScript, see Setting up Visual Studio Code for VScript.

External links

• Visual Studio Code
• "Source Engine Support" extension by Stefan Heinz (syntax highlighting and tooling for QC, VMT, and more)