If you’re an R programmer hoping to try GitHub Copilot, you’ll need to use Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code. Here’s how to set up and use VS Code for R.

Running Visual Studio Code in the browser the easy way (Image credit: Windows Central) Microsoft has now launched an official browser version of Visual Studio Code that can be found at vscode.dev.

Microsoft has announced the public preview launch of Visual Studio Code for the Web, a browser-based version of its free and cross-platform VS Code integrated development environment (IDE).

If you want to code using Visual Studio Code but you're using a Chromebook, it's not a problem at all.