Visual Studio Code has become the most popular tool to write code in recent years. It supports most mainstream languages, and that list keeps expanding. In this course, you’ll learn what is a language server. Next, you’ll see what capabilities can be implemented in the language server to enrich end user experience. Finally, you’ll learn how to build your own language extension with such a language server, and publish it to the marketplace. When you finish this course, you will have a solid understanding of Language Server Protocol and its usage in Visual Studio Code, providing you the skill set to extend your favorite text editor with new languages.

First aired on Aug 20, 2020 at Microsoft Reactor Toronto.