You can bring them up by pressing F1 to open the Command Palette and typing in WSL, or by selecting the green remote indicator in the lower left corner of the status bar:Ī new VS Code window will open, connected to your default WSL distro.
The extension adds several commands to VS Code. To get started with your first app using the WSL extension, check out the step-by-step WSL tutorial in docs: WSL Getting Started Tutorial Commands You can launch a new instance of VS Code connected to WSL by opening a WSL terminal, navigating to the folder of your choice, and typing code. You get the full VS Code experience, including autocomplete and debugging, powered by the tools and compilers installed on Linux. With VS Code and the WSL extension combined, VS Code’s UI runs on Windows, and all your commands, extensions, and even the terminal, run on Linux. You could view files from your \\wsl.localhost\ share, but you wouldn't have access to features such as autocomplete, debugging, or linting. While you can edit files in Linux using Windows-based tools, you can’t easily run or debug on Windows: you'd have to install all the same tools on Windows as you did on Linux, defeating the purpose of having an isolated Linux environment. We recommend using WSL 2 as you will benefit from significant performance advantages over WSL 1. It's isolated from Windows- the UI is the terminal, and you can install tools, languages, and compilers into the Linux environment without modifying or disrupting your Windows installation. When you install a version of Linux on Windows, you’re getting a full Linux environment. Ruby, Python) to use their toolchain on Windows and ensure consistency between development and production environments. WSL especially helps web developers and those working with Bash and Linux-first tools (i.e. WSL lets you run a Linux environment - including command-line tools and applications - directly on Windows, without the overhead of a traditional virtual machine or dualboot setup. Why do I need the WSL extension? Why WSL? The WSL extension lets you use VS Code in WSL just as you would from Windows. You get all the productivity of Windows while developing with Linux-based tools, runtimes, and utilities. The WSL extension lets you use VS Code on Windows to build Linux applications that run on the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).
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