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Preparing a Visual Studio Code workspace

The first step is preparing the Visual Studio Code workspace. Visual Studio Code requires you to install an additional extension for managing Docker. Let's get started:

In order to do that, open the Extensions view by pressing Ctrl + Shift + X.
In Extensions: Marketplace, search for docker and install the official Docker extension from Microsoft:

All of the operations demonstrated in this section can be performed without Visual Studio Code, in any code/text editor and using the command line. Visual Studio Code is a useful, multi-platform IDE for developing and testing applications running in Docker containers.

After the installation is complete, Docker Explorer will become available:

You can also leverage new Docker-oriented commands from the Command Palette after pressing Ctrl + Shift + P and typing docker into the search bar:

Now, initialize the workspace by opening the desired folder using the Ctrl + K, Ctrl + O shortcut or navigating to File | Open Folder....

In the next subsection, we will create a demonstration HTML web page that will be hosted inside the Windows container.