It’s pretty simple to launch VS Code from the Terminal. All you have to do is open Terminal or any other command-line utility such as Command Prompt or PowerShell and run “code –log trace”.

Of course, it's described as a "lightweight" version because an online VS Code can't yet match the desktop version in functionality. For example, there's no internal debugging or terminal with VS Code ...

Terminal improvements weren't the only new features in v1.17, which also boasts: macOS Touch Bar support: Touch Bar actions for navigation and debugging. Source code folding improvements: Collapse ...