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"VSCode" is Visual Studio Code. VSCode is a common short-name the community has given it. Visual Studio Code is not going anywhere anytime soon as far as I am aware. You seem to be confusing Visual Studio Code for regular Visual Studio or more specifically, Visual Studio for Mac.
The "big" differences between Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio/Visual Studio for Mac are:
- Visual Studio Code is free while Visual Studio/Visual Studio for Mac require a license to use (except the Community edition which has stipulations).
- Visual Studio Code is open source while Visual Studio/Visual Studio for Mac are closed source.
Visual Studio for Mac is slated to be retired in August of 2024. As suggested in that link, an alternative to it is Visual Studio Code.
"Visual Studio Code" and "VS Code" refer to the same software.
Contrary to what Timothy G. seems to imply in their answer, "VS Code" is not just some community-created, unofficial nickname. It's a term used by the VS Code maintainers, by the software itself to refer to itself, and it shows up numerous times in the earliest release note document: https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v0_3_0. See also https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Amicrosoft%2Fvscode%20%22VS%20Code%22&type=code and https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Amicrosoft%2Fvscode-docs%20%22VS%20Code%22&type=code.
The claim you read somewhere else on the internet that VS Code will no longer be supported after August 2023 is bogus. The September 2023 release of VS Code already released and continues to support macOS. See also What are the system requirements for vscode? and How can I use VS Code on versions of macOS that are not supported by the latest version of VS Code?.
Actually, it seems that you misread. That claim was probably about Visual Studio for Mac, which is retiring on August 31st, 2024: https://aka.ms/vsmac-retire/. The overview section from that doc reads:
Visual Studio for Mac is scheduled for retirement by August 31, 2024 in accordance with Microsoft’s Modern Lifecycle Policy. Visual Studio for Mac 17.6 will continue to be supported until August 31, 2024, with servicing updates for security issues and updated platforms from Apple. We recommend that you switch to a stable build for the latest security and reliability updates.
While the decision has been made to retire Visual Studio for Mac, we remain committed to our developers on Mac and .NET MAUI with alternatives like the C# Dev Kit for Visual Studio Code and other extensions you can use to take advantage of our ongoing investments in .NET development.
It's a common for people to mix up VS Code and Visual Studio because the names are so similar (they're also both Microsoft software). But they are- for the most part- completely different pieces of software (technically there's some parts that overlap or are shared, but I won't get into the nitty gritty here).
That retirement doc also has a section on alternatives to Visual Studio for Mac, which as its first suggestions, points to VS Code. They also suggest the option of using a local VM or a cloud-hosted VM.