Announcement: Container Tools for Visual Studio Code

[bwateratmsft]

Please see @fiveisprime's blog post here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/AppsonAzureBlog/major-updates-to-vs-code-docker-introducing-container-tools/4400609

In order to keep discussion in one place, please comment and discuss here: microsoft/vscode-containers#43

[bwateratmsft]

The Container Tools extension has been released. We are trying to do a gentle rollout to make for a smooth transition from the Docker extension.

For now, installation of Container Tools will need to be done manually, with the Docker extension uninstalled first. Soon, we will add a toast notification to the Docker extension to allow users to transition to Container Tools at-will. Eventually, we plan to change the Docker extension into a simple extension pack, containing Container Tools--users who choose to wait will then be migrated automatically.

[bwateratmsft]

We have released the update that turns the Docker extension into a simple extension pack containing Container Tools. Those who have auto-updates enabled will now get the Container Tools extension automatically.