That’s it, you’ve successfully installed your text editor and are ready to start coding! III. Linux users: It should appear in your task bar of programs.
Mac users: Click and drag the Visual Studio Code icon from the Downloads folder to the Applications folder. Windows users: It will automatically be placed in your Start menu. Make sure you have your Visual Studio Code application saved in a place you know you will easily be able to find it.
Linux users: The downloaded file should be in your ‘Downloads’ folder.įind it in your file manager, double click and choose ‘Install’ in the GUI software center, or run the following commands, one at a time, in the terminal: sudo dpkg -i downloaded_b zip file should be in your ‘Downloads’ folder. Keep clicking ‘Next’ and then finally ‘Finish.’ exe file by clicking on it and on run the installer. Find the Visual Studio Code file in your file manager, the program that lets you see the files and folders on your computer.
Once the Visual Studio Code file is finished downloading, we need to install it. deb file so auto-updates work as the Visual Studio Code documentation suggests. rpm are different file types for storing data.
Mac users: This will download the latest version of Visual Studio Code for Mac as a. Windows users: This will download the latest version of Visual Studio Code as an. You should see your computer’s operating system displayed, but if it’s not correct, click on the down arrow and find the option that matches your operating system from the drop down menu and click on the down arrow icon under “Stable.” Visit the Visual Studio Code website to download the latest version of Visual Studio Code. The installation process for computers running macOS, Windows, and Linux, (specifically Ubuntu and Debian), will be very similar and using Visual Studio Code across all of them will be the same.
So, we’ve chosen our text editor, now we just need to install it on our computer! Video Instructionsįor the visual learners, this video details how to download and install Visual Studio Code. When you are further along in your coding career, you can try other code editors to see what features work best with your personal development workflow.