Microsoft’s Monaco JavaScript library powers its own editors. Now you can build it into your own code.

If you want to code using Visual Studio Code but you're using a Chromebook, it's not a problem at all.

With 14 million users, Microsoft's open source cross-platform code editor Visual Studio Code is one of its key tools for keeping developers engaged with its future in the cloud.

It steps through installing git, Java, Kick Assembler, and Visual Studio Code. Beyond that, it even explains how to use these tools in partnership with VICE – the Versatile Commodore Emulator.