Building Stardew Valley Mods using SMAPI in VS Code

This guide aims to get you setup with Visual Studio Code (as opposed to Visual Studio or MonoDevelop) for developing Stardew Valley mods using SMAPI.

Motivation

Why would you want to use VS Code to mod Stardew? A couple reasons:

1. You are already familiar with VS Code. You have your preferred extensions, keybindings, themes, etc., already setup.
2. You prefer a less heavyweight IDE environment.