Visual Studio Code is a code editor. It allows us to manage the files in a project and to edit the code that we write. It comes with a large number of very useful features that make development faster and easier. We can also improve its functionality by installing many extensions.
Note: we recommend installing VSCode using
brew
becausebrew
takes care of several additional setup steps that are time consuming to do manually (for example, being able to open VSCode from the terminal).
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Open Terminal app
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Make sure you have updated
brew
withbrew update
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Run the following command that will take care of installing VSCode for you
brew install --cask visual-studio-code
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Launch the application by running
code
as a command in the terminal -
Pin the application to your launchbar, the same way as we did for the Terminal app so that you have quick access to it.
Now follow the instructions for setting up the extensions for VS Code.
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