CodeTour - A VS Code extension for code walkthroughs

Need to explain programming code or introduce students to a new code repository starting point for a programming assignment? Don’t record a video! CodeTour is a Visual Studio Code extension, which allows you to record and playback guided walkthroughs of software code.

What can you do?

  • Author Walkthroughs

    Annotate files and lines of code. Even markdown can be included

  • Playback Walkthroughs

    Steps presented interactively with navigation

  • Store walkthrough files in the code base

    Walkthroughs are stored as text files and easily committed to the code repository.

To get started:

  1. Install CodeTour VS Code extension.
  2. Follow instructions for recording and playback of the CodeTour.