GitHub CodeSpaces allows you open any GitHub repository in an online VSCode instance. This is useful if you don't have VSCode installed, or need to code quickly on another computer. But it has some limitations: the free tier has time limits, it requires a good internet connection, you cannot customize it the way you can if you download VSCode.
VSCode.dev provides a free, zero-install Microsoft Visual Studio Code experience running entirely in your browser, allowing you to quickly and safely browse source code repositories and make lightweight code changes -> the docs.
VSC is the text editor you will use to write code at Emerging. And it's way more than just a text editor! Take a look through these links to start learning all you can do with VSC. You don't need to understand everything right away, there will be more than enough time to practice:
- academind VSC tutorial
- shortcuts cheatsheet
- The Coding Train
- VSC Intro from VSC
- Are you using Windows?
- Guide for installing extensions in VSCode.
- ArjanCodes
Some tutorial series covering how to use the Python debugger in VSCode. These tutorials are not in a special order, look around and find the one that works best for you: