What exactly is Visual Studio Code?

Question

Recently I\'ve read about Microsoft Visual Studio Code. I work primarily with C and C++ languages on GNU/Linux. My question is whether Visual Studio Code is just a simple ed

Answer 1

It is more of a simple code editor than an IDE and it's primary focus is editing web code (Html, Javascript, CSS), TypeScript, and C#. It provides advanced 'IDE like' features for these languages, but more basic features for other languages (syntax highlighting).

Also, see What is the Visual Studio Code editor built on