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Alessandro Del SoleVisual Studio Code Distilledhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4224-7_4

4. Working with Files and Folders

Alessandro Del Sole1 
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Cremona, Italy
 

Being the powerful editor it is, Visual Studio Code provides a convenient way of working with code files and folders containing both loose files and projects. In this chapter you will learn how to work with individual files, with folders containing source code files, and with workspaces. You will also learn about VS Code’s independency from proprietary project systems as well as the built-in support for a few, popular project types.

Visual Studio Code and Project Systems

Visual Studio Code is file and folder based. This means that you can open one or more code ...

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