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Status Bar – The status bar provides information about the open editor tab.

The integrated terminal is a built-in Bash terminal (with other shells included via extensions) that allows you to run code directly in VS Code without having to open a separate shell. Here is where you will also find the handy integrated terminal. You will find various “tabs” with information returned by VS Code and its extensions under this pane.

Panels – The panels section is the “output” section.

Sidebar – The sidebar is where you’ll see information such as the Git repo you have open, the name of a Git branch you’re working under, and the ability to push Git changes to a remote repo.

You’ll commonly open entire folders too to see all files in a particular folder at once here. The workspace is where any files you have open in tabs will show up.

Workspace – The workspace will be the next most common part of the UI you’ll be using.

VS Code has tabs in this editor pain that allow you to open up multiple files at once and editor groups that group various tabs. Whenever you open a new file or edit an existing file, the editor window is where you’ll the code will show up. This pane is where you will view and edit all of the code you’re working on.

Editor Window (Tabs/Groups) – The editor window is where you’ll be doing most of your work.

The main VS Code interface can be broken down into five distinct areas:

You’ll see that VS Code has a few main areas you’ll be staring at day in and day out. When you open up VS Code for the first time, you will see a user interface that looks like the following screenshot. All effort has been made to focus on the less version-specific aspects of VS Code, though. If the instruction and screenshots look a little different, chances are you’re using a new version. This Visual Studio Code tutorial will be using VS Code 1.53.2.