diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3d75935..8b2580f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ pkg/
 *.pyc
 *.swp
 *~
+.vscode/
 .vs/slnx.sqlite
 .vs/microservices-demo/v15/.suo
diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e8be4b..0000000
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-{
-   // Use IntelliSense to find out which attributes exist for C# debugging
-   // Use hover for the description of the existing attributes
-   // For further information visit https://github.com/OmniSharp/omnisharp-vscode/blob/master/debugger-launchjson.md
-   "version": "0.2.0",
-   "configurations": [
-        {
-            "name": ".NET Core Launch (console)",
-            "type": "coreclr",
-            "request": "launch",
-            "preLaunchTask": "build service",
-            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/src/cartservice/bin/Debug/netcoreapp2.0/cartservice.dll",
-            "args": [],
-            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/src/cartservice",
-            // For more information about the 'console' field, see https://github.com/OmniSharp/omnisharp-vscode/blob/master/debugger-launchjson.md#console-terminal-window
-            "console": "internalConsole",
-            "stopAtEntry": false,
-            "internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart"
-        },
-        {
-            "name": ".NET Core Launch (Tests)",
-            "type": "coreclr",
-            "request": "launch",
-            "preLaunchTask": "build test",
-            "program": "${workspaceRoot}/tests/cartservice/bin/Debug/netcoreapp2.0/cartservice.tests.dll",
-            "args": [],
-            "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}/tests/cartservice",
-            "stopAtEntry": false
-        },
-        {
-            "name": ".NET Core Attach",
-            "type": "coreclr",
-            "request": "attach",
-            "processId": "${command:pickProcess}"
-        }
-    ,]
-}
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diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 988937c..0000000
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "python.pythonPath": "/usr/local/bin/python3"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 95e1bec..0000000
--- a/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "version": "2.0.0",
-    "args": [],
-    "options":  {
-        "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}"
-    },
-    "tasks": [
-        {
-            "label": "build service",
-            "command": "dotnet",
-            "type": "process",
-            "args": [
-                "build",
-                "${workspaceFolder}/src/cartservice/cartservice.csproj"
-            ],
-            "problemMatcher": "$msCompile",
-            "group": {
-                "kind": "build",
-                "isDefault": true
-            }
-        },
-        {
-            "label": "build test",
-            "command": "dotnet",
-            "type": "process",
-            "args": [
-                "build",
-                "${workspaceFolder}/tests/cartservice/cartservice.tests.csproj"
-            ],
-            "problemMatcher": "$msCompile"
-        }
-    ]
-}