[Microsoft](https://microsoft.com) recently announced [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/) in it’s [BUILD](http://www.buildwindows.com/) conference. Visual Studio Code is a free build of Visual Studio that supports Windows, Mac, and Linux. Visual Studio Code is build mainly for developers who focus on [ASP.NET](http://asp.net) or [Node.js](http://nodejs.org). It has Git integration, It’s a really good source/text editor currently in its preview stage and supports a few of these languages JavaScript, C#, C++, PHP, Java, HTML, Markdown, SASS, JSON, Python, Preview stage might have a few bugs as it live in development stage currently.
Installing Visual Studio.
Install <code class="highlighter-rouge">ubuntu-make required for installing Visual Studio Code.
Adding the <code class="highlighter-rouge">ubuntu-make ppa
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-desktop/ubuntu-make
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-desktop/ubuntu-make
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Updating the local package database.
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sudo apt-get update
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sudo apt-get update
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Installing “ubuntu-make`.`
```
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-make
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sudo apt-get install ubuntu-make
```
Downloading Visual Studio Code for Linux [here](https://code.visualstudio.com/Download?utm_source=darryldias.me).
Installing Visual Studio Code.
```
umake web visual-studio-code
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umake web visual-studio-code
```
If you have any questions feel free to leave a comment below.