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.

Visual Studio Code proper is built using the Electron shell, Node.js, TypeScript, and the Language Server Protocol, and is updated on a monthly basis.

The following is an edited transcript of his tutorial. Did you know that you can add Docker support to Visual Studio Code? Here’s how it’s done. Open Visual Studio Code from your desktop menu.