What is a 'workspace' in Visual Studio Code?

Question

I can\'t quite believe I am asking this question, but I have not been able to find a definition in the documentation. In case it isn\'t painfully obvious, I am (very) ne

Answer 1

The main utility of a workspace (and maybe the only one) is to allow to add multiple independent folders that compounds a project. For example:

- WorkspaceProjectX  
-- ApiFolder   (maybe /usr/share/www/api)  
-- DocsFolder  (maybe /home/user/projx/html/docs)  
-- WebFolder   (maybe /usr/share/www/web)

So you can group those in a work space for a specific project instead of have to open multiple folders windows.

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