I can say I downloaded it, and started it up. Its fast, but …seems lacking to me. Turns out there are a bunch of extensions you can install to go with it. The article below helps tell you how. This include stuff like GIT, GO-code, etc etc. Just go to the Visual Studio Code Marketplace to get them.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/12/16/visual_studio_code_extensions/