Understanding the Azure App Service Editor

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Azure App Service Editor is a new tool in Microsoft Azure. It is now available in preview in the Azure Portal.

The App Service Editor was formerly known as Visual Studio Online (Monaco). The tool provides a web-based editor for Azure Web Apps (previously Azure Web Sites). This allows you to make quick edits to your sites without having to open an IDE.

This article looks back on how to edit a web app with older technology (Kudu) and how to use the preview version of App Service Editor to make edits to your sites.