How to install Visual Studio Code 1.18 on Ubuntu 17.10

  Visual Studio Code is a lightweight but powerful source code editor which runs on your desktop and is available for Windows, macOS and Linux. It comes with built-in support for JavaScript, TypeScript and Node.js and has a rich ecosystem of extensions for other languages (such as C++, C#, Python, PHP, Go) and runtimes (such as .NET and Unity).

Visual Studio Code 1.18 release highlights:

• Multi-root workspaces released to Stable - Group a logical set of folders into a single workspace.
• Vertical panels - Dock panels (Terminal, Output, or Debug Console) to the right of your editor.
• Git indicators in the Explorer - See pending file changes in the File Explorer.
• Inline pending change review - View pending changes and perform partial commits in the editor.
• Several performance improvements - Faster Windows start-up and editor performance tuning.
• Auto imports for JS/TS - Relevant imports are added as you call local symbols.
• Extract local variable for JS/TS - Refactor a new local variable based on your selection.
• Install @types for TypeScript - A new Quick Fix adds missing @types files to your project.
• Improved extension recommendations - Recommendations are highlighted in extension searches.

Installation instructions:

    Download .deb package for Debian/Ubuntu at the link below:

 https://code.visualstudio.com/Download

 Then install it via command (Ctrl+Alt+T):

$ sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/code_*.deb; sudo apt -f install

   who want to receive updates for VS Code via Software Updater utility, add the Microsoft repository via following steps (64bit only):

$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list' $ curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > microsoft.gpg $ sudo mv microsoft.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/microsoft.gpg