Integrated Terminal

Visual Studio Code has an integrated terminal in which you can run shell commands. You can learn about it more at https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/integrated-terminal . With the help of the Integrated Terminal, you can run Node.js directly in it and avoid having to switch out of Visual Studio Code while running command-line tools.

You can access the Integrated Terminal within Visual Studio Code by navigating to View | Integrated Terminal. You can also access it by pressing control + backtick key on your keyboard and it will open the Integrated Terminal.  You can then run node app.js there: