the remote environments that I need to access are Virtual and a USB has not much use in that context.

I store all my documents in the cloud (OneDrive (for business), Dropbox.).Today, the notion of a USB-drive is a lot less appealing to me as In the past, this was a big thing with the rise of USB sticks where people would copy their favorite tooling onto such a drive and take it with them wherever they would go. (not that I know the first thing about physical fights 😉 ) it is for that reason that I started thinking 'how great it would be to have a portable version of VS code available'.įor those of you that don't know the concept: a portable edition of an application is one that has been packaged in such a way that you can copy the entire folder to another location and you would be able to use the application just like that. Having to work, without having VS Code available or without the option to install it in environments that I don't manage (and have to log on to only once or twice) really had a negative impact on my efficiency and it really feels like having to go into a fight with both of my arms tied to my back. While both Notepad++ and Notepad(2) are decent tools, VSCode is of whole other level and it really helps you with the flow of things in your work! To give an example: One of the things that I really love is the fact that you can open an entire folder with it and manipulate the files in that folder (and its subfolders) in an efficient manner and without having to switch back to the file explorer (on windows) every time you need to open another file. One of the biggest issues that I have, is that I really love working with VSCode and here is why that is an issue for me: For the last few weeks/months, I've had to work on (remote) environments that didn't have VS Code installed, but merely a stripped down (and old) text editor such as notepad or notepad++. Over the past few years, A lot of you all have been adopting Visual Studio Code as your primary 'Code editor/workspace'.

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