Installing Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is the editor used across all ext.dev projects. It is free, open-source, and available for macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Download

Visit https://code.visualstudio.com and download the installer for your operating system.

macOS

  1. Download the .dmg file
  2. Open the downloaded file and drag Visual Studio Code into your Applications folder
  3. Launch VS Code from Applications

Windows

  1. Download the .exe installer
  2. Run the installer and follow the prompts
  3. Check Add to PATH when prompted — this lets you open VS Code from the terminal with code .
  4. Launch VS Code from the Start Menu

Linux (Ubuntu/Debian) 

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y wget gpg
wget -qO- https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > packages.microsoft.gpg
sudo install -D -o root -g root -m 644 packages.microsoft.gpg /etc/apt/keyrings/packages.microsoft.gpg
echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/packages.microsoft.gpg] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y code

Verify Installation

Open a terminal and run:

code --version

This should print the installed version number.

No special configuration is required. The project repositories include workspace settings that apply automatically when opened.