VS Code, Azure Cloud, Github Desktop & IPFS Desktop & Node Extension

Question

Everything I know/have learnt regarding Github, Azure, IPFS and VScode I have sort of self taught myself by playing around. Now with no discrimination, all due respect, I have realized that this may not have been the best way to learn as I'm frustrating myself more daily when my problem could be one silly comma or code.

I have successfully run a few workflows on github but now I have realized that I need to integrate a bit more than just IPFS. I am going in circles with all the files that come up on VS Code and I'm just getting everything knotted like a bad electronics board. I also seem to be pulling requests where it may not seem necessary and maybe frustrating a few people on GitHub.

Does anyone have a simple and short method they could help me with? My IPFS daemon starts up and then when I try put details into my settings, it cannot connect. Azure connects to the cloud, but then I am unsure of which local details are needed to connect to VS Code?

Is there an app similar to Kite that could be recommended? Kite is unavailable for download until further notice. I downloaded Swarm but it says Error connection to node. I am not big into reading but if that's what I need to do then I will take a good hiding if I need.