You can download the Snap version of Visual Studio Code here. Now you can also add Microsoft to that list. Amazon, Google and Slack have all adapted their packaging format for their Linux software. With Snap, Canonical has gained extensive acceptance across various Linux distributions since it became more widely available in 2016. Canonical’s support ensures security and continuous development. It is clear that there is a thriving community around Snaps that is growing very fast. JoÃ£o Moreno, Visual Studio Code engineer, informs Venturebeat that the automatic update functionality of a Snap is a big advantage. The new Visual Studio Code Snap is now officially supported and built by Microsoft. The Ubuntu community developed a version two years ago. If you have the reflex that Visual Studio Code is already available as Snap, we have to agree. With Snap integration, Microsoft will spend less time packing and managing builds across different Linux versions. Snaps work universally over more than 40 Linux distribution variants.

They include automatic updates, rollback functionality, enhanced security and more flexibility for developers. Snaps, developed by Canonical, are container software packages that work native to most popular Linux distributions. Today, Visual Studio Code is in the foreground because it gets official Snap integration from Microsoft. The latest version of Visual Studio includes an artificial intelligence (AI) assisted code supplement with Visual Studio IntelliCode and the real-time collaboration tool Visual Studio Live Share. Microsoft released Visual Studio 2019 earlier this week for both Windows and Mac users. This version has been available for Windows, Linux and Mac since 2016 and now benefits from Snap support for seamless automatic updates. Two days after the general availability of Visual Studio 2019 for Windows and Mac, Microsoft will make Visual Studio Code available on Linux as Snap.

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