Visual Studio Code Server CLI, named code-server, differs from the standard code CLI that you normally use on your desktop machine.

At its Build developer conference, Microsoft today announced that Live Share, its previously announced collaborative development feature for Visual Studio and Visual Studio code, is now available ...

Visual Studio Code proper is built using the Electron shell, Node.js, TypeScript, and the Language Server Protocol, and is updated on a monthly basis.

That service, known as Visual Studio Live Share, is available as of May 7 to testers. Microsoft announced the preview of Visual Studio Live Share during its Day 1 Build 2018 developer conference.