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TouchDevelop vs Visual Studio Code

A side-by-side look at TouchDevelop and Visual Studio Code. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

TouchDevelop

TouchDevelop

Development

TouchDevelop is a free mobile app development environment and programming language created by Microsoft. It allows anyone to write mobile apps directly on their mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.

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Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code

Development

Visual Studio Code is a free, open-source, lightweight code editor developed by Microsoft. It supports debugging, syntax highlighting, intelligent code completion, and Git control. VS Code has a large extension ecosystem allowing developers to add new languages, themes, debuggers and tools.

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