Code Builder comes with everything you need to build applications on the Salesforce Platform, including Salesforce Extensions, the Salesforce CLI, Git integration, and it’s authenticated to your current Salesforce org. In just one click, you have a full environment without any setup or configuration.

Code Builder is a full-featured version of Visual Studio Code running completely in the browser and backed by a powerful cloud-hosted developer environment. We are thrilled to introduce Code Builder, a web-based development environment fully optimized for Salesforce development and powered by Microsoft’s Visual Studio Codespaces. However, there has also been a remaining gap many developers are unable to use these great new features because they’re only available on desktop-based tools. Everything from Scratch Orgs, the Salesforce CLI, Salesforce Extensions for Visual Studio Code, to source tracking, source control, and Lightning Web Components has made existing Salesforce developers more productive while also making the platform easier to learn. Over the past three years or so, there have been huge improvements to developer productivity on the Salesforce Platform.

Visual studio in the cloud