Since the early beta releases we’ve been able to configure VSCode manually as a code editor within Unity, slowly but surely through the beta phases this integration has been improved to add file and line support when calling VSCode.īack in VSCode Version 0.8.0, this took another bold leap forward with its first Unity asset (well, the only really) aimed at providing increased integration between these two products. If you have read my previous articles on the subject ( here and here), you will also know that it has some great support for Unity, which has only gotten better now that Unity themselves have pulled in to the race: There is a lot more but these are my favorite highlights. Git and Source control support has been improved.Debugging support for web apps has improved greatly.The number of languages supported as exploded (also thanks to the extension system), it now supports not only C#, HTML, JSON, Markdown and JavaScript but also python, ruby, actionscript, bower and even docker templates plus many many more (so many that even I’ve not heard of some of them).A new extension system has been added, allowing community devs to write plug-ins and language extensions to the editor without rebuilding it.Microsoft VSCode has taken many great strides since last I donned my writing hat, most notably: You can also check out my previous articles here and here.

If you’ve not heard of Microsoft’s new multi-platform lightweight code editor before, go and check out, it’s chock full of fantastic stuff to make you drop MonoDevelop or any other lightweight editor. I’ve written several articles on the use of VSCode with Unity through its evolution but time and tide waits for no man as the behemoth of technology marches on.

**Updated for Version 1.0.0 - be aware there are some new 'Getting Started' extra points, like installing C#, which is no longer installed by default.

Setup visual studio for unity