PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 8: THE SHIELD OF SCREWTAPE A Useful Illusion

"The lineage that became Visual Studio Code began with a browser-coding goal and progressed through Monaco Editor, Monaco Workbench, and Visual Studio Online."

Microsoft describes VS Code's original goal as coding in the browser, with Monaco Editor as the first deliverable, followed by Monaco Workbench and Visual Studio Online before VS Code was announced in 2015.

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