Introduction

Visual Studio Code, also commonly referred to as VS Code, is an integrated development environment developed by Microsoft for Windows, Linux, macOS and web browsers. Features include support for debugging, syntax highlighting, intelligent code completion, snippets, code refactoring, and embedded version control with Git. Users can change the theme, keyboard shortcuts, preferences, and install extensions that add functionality. (Source: Wikipedia).

Installing VS Code Extension

A VS Code extension is available for B4P in form of an .vsix file. The extension supports the following:

• Color visualization of B4P code in the editor to improve ergonomics
• Starts B4P by pushing the start button (code will be saved and B4P starts immediaely).

The VS Code Extension is available on github: github.com/georgzurbonsen/B4P_VSCode/. Downlaod the extension file and install it as instructed when opening this web page.