How To - Visual Studio Code

Website: code.visualstudio.com

VSCode Documentation: code.visualstudio.com/docs

Install Visual Studio Code

brew cask install visual-studio-code

Verify the Installed Visual Studio Code Version

code -v

Visual Studio Code CLI Help

code --help

Add Visual Studio Code to PATH

cat << EOF >> ~/.bash_profile
# Add Visual Studio Code (code)
export PATH="\$PATH:/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin"
EOF

Open Project in Visual Studio Code

cd my_dev_project_directory

If this is a existing folder then it will load all the project files present in this directory in VS Code

code .

Opens a New Session of Visual Studio Code

code -n

Open a File in Visual Studio Code

This command will create the file if the file is not existing with this name in the current directory.

code filename

Open a File in Visual Studio Code with Cursor at a particular line

code -g filename:line

Open a diff in Visual Studio Code

code -d filename1 filename2