VSCode Tutorial For Beginners - Getting Started With VSCode

In this VSCode tutorial for beginners I'll be showing you everything you need to know as a beginner about how to use Visual Studio Code! I'll be demonstrating all of the important functionality of VSCode that you need to know to be as efficient as possible. This tutorial is designed for someone who's never used VSCode before, but is still informational for novice users.

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00:00 | Introduction To VSCode
02:25 | Opening & Creating Project
04:40 | File/Project Explorer
06:05 | VSCode Terminal
08:47 | Full-Screen Mode
09:15 | Extensions
10:58 | Searching / Find & Replace
12:53 | Editor Tricks and Tips
15:35 | Changing Color Preference/Theme
17:25 | File Finder
17:46 | Settings & Font Size
18:20 | Running/Executing Files
19:10 | Git/GitHub Tools
20:34 | Debugging
21:59 | Zen Mode and Other Features

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[iloveumyisis]

I'm here thanks to The Odin Project, learning a lot c:

[glorygaming]

Honestly one of the best youtubers out there really teaching self taught people and college students stuff their own teachers wont even teach properly! Thank you tim!

[Clarint]

Thank you for this so much! I am a CS major but unlike many of my peers I have no prior experience. My school used NetBeans for programming I and II Java, so when I needed to figure out VSC for other languages and projects I was embarrassingly lost and the classes did not explain this editor, which is very different. This has actually helped a bit!!

[john_hind]

Very useful Tim - I was struggling with getting Git to work in VSCode and this got me there! It is hard to find a beginners tutorial that is recent and that is important given how fast VSCode moves. I'm afraid you'll need to update it at least twice a year to keep current.
One suggestion though: for a beginners tutorial you should start with a fresh install. You have a number of extensions installed and you cover some features from them which a beginner will not see as they do not have those extensions. You could take them through installing the extensions you use when they first come up.
I am transitioning from just using VSCode as a code editor to using it as a full IDE, so I am kind of a beginner with stuff like Git, debugger and Docker. The thing that confused me with Git was that I had my Git account logged in to VSCode, working in the browser and even open in Git Desktop but VS Code still said 'waiting for extension to initialize' on all the UI elements to do with Git. I had not realized you ALSO need 'Git for Windows' installed! VSCode and Git could be a lot more helpful about this!

[jackscalibur]

Thanks Tim! This was immensely helpful. I'm trying to break from my IDEs and strictly use VS Code as much as I can, but have always felt the comfort of my IDE doing everything for me.

[merajalam]

We are The Odin Project and we are here!! 🗿

[shruhi]

I have been using atom but switched to VSCode after following your video on build a website with python. So far it has been less buggy and faster. Looking forward to watching this tutorial! 😊

[mananabanana]

Great video Tim! Would love to see a video about your favourite VS Code extensions and also one about how to set up a custom terminal, like the conda terminal you had.

[Rafael-wird]

Dude your video was the first one I watched that really taught how you start a project from the beginning! Thanks a lot

[WiiAsian]

Thanks for giving a brief rundown! I'm completely new to all of this, but now I feel like I can somewhat navigate my way around!

[vikranth]

i have been using vs code for a long time but didnt know these many features are there !! Thank u tim

[agermoune]

Tim - great video- subscribed immediately! new in programming and this is very helpful to find one stop shopping editor for all programs.
would love to see more videos on PowerShell and prompt command as they are very intimidating. Also Jupiter tutorial!
THANKS again!

[ALLSTAR]

Beginner here. I absolutely love this video. Thank you so much for making it. You made a new subscriber out of me.

[justmejammin]

You know Tim, I love and appreciate your vids. But I think you get excited or feel time restraint sometimes in presentation and speed up(unknowingly) and are hard to follow. IMHO only. But again, thanks for the time and info you provide. It is invaluable to those trying to learn this stuff, like me.

[thebuggser]

A very useful tutorial.Quite possibly perfect for someone familiar with another text editor and wants to quickly get started using a good part of VSCode's functionality.

[shounaksengupta]

Eaxctly, I installed VS Code last week. Was not getting the time to set it up. Now i'll follow these step by step.

[rhyswilbrathwaite]

Thank you, I'm new to working in the VSCode but I've learned a little about how to go about it.

[imrez]

i havent seen a better video that explains the whole prgramm, made it easy to start out thanks allot

[IntrabuildV]

I was PFE then NP++ and recently VSCode - is like a palace. Glued to the cv2 series, cheers :)

[FCBreports]

Thanks buddy for this very useful and clear tutorial. Keep up the good work!!