Visual Studio Code has emerged as the go-to remote development tool in many areas far outside the Microsoft-centric developer ecosystem.

The Remote Development FAQ says: "The Visual Studio Code Remote Development extension pack allows you to open any folder in a container, on a remote machine (via SSH), or in the Windows Subsystem for ...

To use Visual Studio Code for remote development, install VS Code and the Remote Development Extension Pack. If you are connecting to a remote server, set up SSH on your local machine.

November 2022 release of the code editor previews a remote tunneling capability that allows developers to securely connect to their VS Code machine from any device anywhere.

With Visual Studio Code Server, Microsoft aims to simplify the overall process of installing, managing, and connecting to your "remote" instance.

Visual Studio Code 1.80, the latest edition of the popular code editor from Microsoft, stabilizes Remote Tunnels to Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) instances.