With Visual Studio Code gathering steam and functionality, Microsoft might have a harder time selling developers on the differences between the super-editor and the Visual Studio IDE.

Download Visual Studio Code Insider. Learn how to sync settings, run public & insider versions together. Difference with Visual Studio IDE also discussed.

What you need to know Visual Studio 2019 and Visual Studio Code are now discoverable in the Microsoft Store. This marks the third new app from Microsoft to arrive after Microsoft Edge.

Microsoft also will integrate the Visual Studio Live Share collaboration feature into both Visual Studio 2019 and Visual Studio Code, the open-source version of the commercial product.

A new version of Microsoft's integrated development environment (IDE) goes live today with the release of Visual Studio 2019 and its cousin Visual Studio 2019 for Mac.

Visual Studio Live Share, which is now installed by default in Visual Studio 2019, helps developers collaborate in real time, including desktop app sharing, source control diffs, and code commenting.

Build 2018 is a developer conference, so of course, Microsoft had some news to share about Visual Studio, including a new feature called IntelliCode and another that's called Live Share.