Actually you can try out VSO Monaco easily at https://tryappservice.azure.com/. It supports Git, file management, a console etc. For a set of short videos see https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Studio-Online-Monaco
We usually update the Monaco Editor npm bits shortly after the monthly VS Code release. So this is still on our list.
Actually you can try out VSO Monaco easily at https://tryappservice.azure.com/. It supports Git, file management, a console etc. For a set of short videos see https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Studio-Online-Monaco
We usually update the Monaco Editor npm bits shortly after the monthly VS Code release. So this is still on our list.