Transform Visual Studio Code into your AI-powered development command center.
In Visual Studio Code Project Playbook, bestselling author Robertto Tech takes you beyond basic coding and into the future of intelligent development automation. Through 50+ hands-on projects, you'll learn how to build AI-driven extensions, automate workflows, and create next-generation developer tools that work seamlessly inside VS Code.
This isn't another beginner's guide - it's a practical engineering playbook for developers who want to master GitHub Copilot, LangChain, and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to supercharge productivity, automate repetitive tasks, and build custom coding assistants that actually think.
You'll learn how to:
Build AI-powered VS Code extensions that understand and adapt to your coding context.
Automate developer workflows with LangChain and MCP - from bug triage to documentation generation.
Design intelligent coding assistants that maintain memory, reason about code, and enhance your daily workflow.
Implement multi-agent architectures for debugging, testing, and DevOps automation.
Deploy and scale your custom agentic IDE, complete with observability, telemetry, and governance.
Each project combines real-world scenarios with runnable examples in Python and TypeScript, guiding you from design blueprints to production-ready implementations. Whether you're extending your IDE for personal productivity or architecting full-scale developer platforms, this book shows you how to integrate AI directly into your coding environment - safely, efficiently, and intelligently.
Developers and engineers eager to integrate AI assistants and automation into their workflows.
AI practitioners exploring agentic development inside VS Code.
Technical leads and productivity hackers who want to bridge coding, orchestration, and automation.
Readers of Mastering VS Code for AI-Powered Development seeking a project-based deep dive.
Intelligent Extension Development with GitHub Copilot APIs.
End-to-End LangChain + MCP Automation Projects.
Real-world Agentic System Blueprints for debugging, documentation, and DevOps.
Techniques for context caching, prompt optimization, and verification agents.
Step-by-step guides to deploy your agentic IDE to the cloud.
Turn your favorite editor into an intelligent, automated engineering partner.
With Visual Studio Code Project Playbook, you won't just write better code - you'll build the systems that write, debug, and manage it with you.
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