I found the answer to my question and posting the answer so it can help others. To download and install Visual Studio Code on Ubuntu . follow the steps below
- Extract the zip file
VSCode-linux-x64.zip
- Go inside the folder
VSCode-linux-x64
- double click and Run
code
executable to open Visual Studio Code . - You can right click on Visual Studio Code on toolbar (or launcher)
and select Lock to Launcher. this way you can launch the editor by
clicking it on launcher.
If you are using terminal follow the terminal commands
mkdir your_folder_name && cd your_folder_name unzip
../Downloads/VSCode-linux-x64.zip
./Code
This video will help you to download and install and use Visual Studio Code on Ubuntu if you still have some doubts