Software Update: Visual Studio Code 1.25

Visual Studio Code is an open source code editor with support for IntelliSense, debugging, git and code snippets. Support for common scripting and programming languages ​​is present and it can also be done via extensions to be expanded. Microsoft has released version 1.25. The corresponding announcement looks like this:

June 2018 (version 1.25)

Welcome to the June 2018 release of Visual Studio Code. We’re very excited to move several features announced as Preview last month to Stable. Some of the key highlights include:

• Grid editor layout – Custom horizontal and vertical editor layout.
• Outline view – Symbol tree outline and navigation for your documents.
• Portable Mode – Run or copy your VS Code setup from a USB thumb drop or file share.
• Hover display options – Control the appearance of hover information.
• Sub-word navigation – Quickly navigate in camelCase words.
• Floating debug toolbar – Keep the debug toolbar always visible without hiding editor tabs.
• Extensions view improvements – Easily see Enabled, Disabled, and Recommended extensions.
• Preview: Settings editor – Now with a “Table of Contents” to organize settings.
• Language Server Protocol Inspector – Extension authors can visualize LSP protocol traffic.
• New Python Flask tutorial – Use VS Code to create and debug Python Flask web applications.

The release notes are arranged in the following sections related to VS Code focus areas. Here are some further updates:

• workbench – Drop files and folders into empty Explorer, uniform history navigation.
• Editor – Smart suggestion selection, snippet placeholder transforms.
• Languages – Update JS/TS imports on folder rename, CSS pseudo selectors and elements.
• Preview Features – User setup on Windows, custom tool and menu bar for Windows and Linux.
• Extension Authoring – Contribute grid editor layouts, preselect Completion Items.
• New Commands – New grid editor layout commands and keyboard shortcuts.

You can also check out this 1.25 release highlights video from Cloud Developer Advocate Brian Clark.