Getting Started with VS Code

Posit Workbench supports launching Visual Studio Code sessions from the Posit Workbench home page. Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is a popular source-code editor maintained by Microsoft. Posit Workbench supports the use of VS Code through Posit Workbench Code Server (PWB Code Server), a fork of Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code - Open Source repository.

This section of the Workbench User Guide contains information specific to using VS Code within Posit Workbench. For complete details on using VS Code please refer to the VS Code Documentation.

Screenshot of VS Code in Posit Workbench.

Start a VS Code session

To start a new session:

  • From the Posit Workbench home page, click + New Session.
  • Click the VS Code button.
  • Click the Start Session button.

Screenshot of starting a new VS Code session from the Posit Workbench home page.

Once the session is ready Posit Workbench automatically opens VS Code in your current browser window.

Note

If you do not see VS Code as a New Session option, then please reach out to your Workbench system administrator.

Return to the Posit Workbench home page

To return to the Posit Workbench home page, click the Posit Workbench button located at the bottom-left section of the browser window. This opens the Posit Workbench home page in a new browser tab.

Screenshot of VS Code navigating back to the Posit Workbench home page.

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