If you’re an R programmer hoping to try GitHub Copilot, you’ll need to use Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code. Here’s how to set up and use VS Code for R.

If you want to setup and use Deepseek-R1 in Visual Studio Code, follow the steps mentioned in this tutorial.

It steps through installing git, Java, Kick Assembler, and Visual Studio Code. Beyond that, it even explains how to use these tools in partnership with VICE – the Versatile Commodore Emulator.

Learn how to use Copilot in Visual Studio using this extension. It offers inline code suggestions and completions to help you code faster.

The Visual Studio Code product itself ships under a standard Microsoft product license, as it has a small percentage of Microsoft-specific customizations. It’s free despite the commercial license.

Believe it or not you can use Microsoft's Visual Studio Code from your web browser, or at least, versions of it.

Microsoft announced the release of Visual Studio Code 1.0, the company's code editor for Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows.