This Visual Studio Code training is designed to help participants maximize productivity using VS Code as a modern, lightweight, and extensible development environment. The course covers editor fundamentals, extensions, debugging, Git integration, task automation, customization, and best practices for multi-language development. Participants will gain hands-on experience to configure VS Code for efficient coding, debugging, and collaboration across projects.

• Understand the features, interface, and development capabilities of Visual Studio Code for modern software development.
• Install, configure, and customize Visual Studio Code with extensions, themes, and development tools.
• Work with code editing, debugging, IntelliSense, and productivity features for efficient development.
• Manage projects, files, version control, and integrated terminal workflows effectively.
• Configure language support, testing tools, and development environments for multiple technologies.
• Build efficient, organized, and productive development workflows using Visual Studio Code best practices.

 • Software developers
 • Web and application developers
 • Students and beginner programmers
 • DevOps and platform engineers
 • Teams standardizing on VS Code

 • Basic understanding of programming concepts
 • Familiarity with any programming language is helpful
 • Interest in improving developer productivity and tooling

 • Navigating and customizing Visual Studio Code
 • Using extensions to enhance development
 • Debugging applications in VS Code
 • Integrating Git and source control
 • Configuring tasks and build automation
 • Improving code navigation and refactoring
 • Managing multi-language projects
 • Applying VS Code productivity best practices

By the end of this training, participants will be able to use Visual Studio Code efficiently for coding, debugging, and version control across multiple languages and projects. Learners will gain strong fundamentals in editor customization, automation, and debugging, enabling them to improve development speed and code quality.

Introduction to Visual Studio Code & Developer Workflow
 • VS Code architecture and features
 • Workspace and folder management
 • Editor navigation and shortcuts
 • Settings and preferences

Extensions & Customization
 • VS Code Marketplace overview
 • Installing and managing extensions
 • Language support extensions
 • Themes and UI customization

Code Editing & Productivity Features
 • IntelliSense and code completion
 • Code formatting and linting
 • Multi-cursor and selection techniques
 • Snippets and templates

Integrated Terminal & Task Runner
 • Using the integrated terminal
 • Creating and running tasks
 • Build and test task configuration
 • Automating common workflows

Debugging in Visual Studio Code
 • Debugger architecture
 • Configuring launch.json
 • Breakpoints and watch expressions
 • Debugging multi-language projects

Git & Source Control Integration
 • Built-in Git support
 • Branching and merging
 • Resolving conflicts
 • Working with GitHub and remote repos

Project Configuration & Workspace Management
 • Multi-root workspaces
 • Project-specific settings
 • Environment configurations
 • Managing large codebases

Remote Development & Containers
 • Remote SSH development
 • Dev Containers basics
 • Working with WSL
 • Cloud and remote coding workflows

VS Code Productivity Workshop & Best Practices
 • Setting up a complete developer environment
 • Installing productivity extensions
 • Configuring debugging and tasks
 • Final workshop review and best practices

• Visual Studio Code Setup & Workspace Configuration
• Extensions, Themes & Development Environment Customization
• Code Editing, Debugging & Productivity Features
• Version Control, Terminal & Project Management
• End-to-End Development Workflow Project

Participants will be evaluated through hands-on VS Code labs, practical environment setup exercises, instructor-led reviews, and a final assessment focused on configuring and using VS Code effectively for real-world development scenarios.

Participants will receive course materials, slides, reference materials, exercises and access to resources for further learning.

Upon successful completion of the training, participants will receive an AcadNXT Certificate of Completion for Visual Studio Code. This digital, verifiable certification validates practical VS Code usage, developer tooling configuration, and productivity optimization skills and can be shared on LinkedIn and included in professional profiles to enhance software development career credibility.