Performance Profiling JavaScript - Visual Studio Code Heap Profile - A heap profile tells you how memory is allocated over time in your program Allocating memory can be costly, and reducing the amount of memory your code allocates can lead to performance wins
Text Buffer Reimplementation - Visual Studio Code The Visual Studio Code 1 21 release includes a brand new text buffer implementation which is much more performant, both in terms of speed and memory usage In this blog post, I'd like to tell the story of how we selected and designed the data structures and algorithms that led to those improvements
Requirements for Visual Studio Code VS Code is lightweight and should easily run on today's hardware We recommend: VS Code is supported on the following platforms: macOS versions with Apple security update support This is typically the latest release and the two previous versions
Improve disk performance - Visual Studio Code Fortunately, Docker has the concept of a local "named volume" that can act like the container's filesystem but survives container rebuilds This makes it ideal for storing package folders like node_modules, data folders, or output folders like build where write performance is critical
Debug code with Visual Studio Code This article describes the debugging features of VS Code and how to get started with debugging in VS Code You also learn how you can use Copilot in VS Code to accelerate setting up your debugging configuration and starting a debugging session The following video shows how to get started with debugging in VS Code
Default settings reference - Visual Studio Code You can also view the default values in the Settings editor or see a read-only version of the defaultSettings json via the Preferences: Open Default Settings (JSON) command in the Command Palette (⇧⌘P (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+P))
Debugging - Visual Studio Code Removing dynamic (in-memory) launch configurations You can remove the generated configurations with Command Palette ⇧⌘P (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+P) and using the command Debug: Select and Start Debugging In the dropdown, it lists all your existing debug configurations
Node. js debugging in VS Code - Visual Studio Code Launch configs are the traditional way to set up debugging in VS Code, and provide you the most configuration options for running complex applications In this section we'll go into more detail about configurations and features for more advanced debugging scenarios
April 2025 (version 1. 100) - Visual Studio Code Prompt files describe a standalone, complete chat request, including the prompt text, chat mode, and tools to use Prompt files are useful for creating reusable chat requests for common tasks For example, you can add a prompt file for creating a front-end component, or to perform a security review Prompt files use the prompt md file suffix
Visual Studio Code tips and tricks Become familiar with the powerful editing, code intelligence, and source code control features and learn useful keyboard shortcuts Make sure to explore the other in-depth topics in Getting Started and the User Guide to learn more