Setting Up & Configuring Visual Studio Code | vscode setting file
ShowfileextensionsBeforeyoudoanythingelseinthiscourse,weneedtomakesurethatextensions(e.g.,.html,.zip,.jpeg)showupattheendsoffiles.IfyouuseaMac,dothefollowing:ClickontheFinder.ClickonFinder>Preferences.ClickontheAdvancedtab.ChecktheboxnexttoShowAllFilenameExtensions.ClosethePreferenceswindow.IfyouuseWindows,pleaserefertoConfiguringWindowsToShowExtensions[1]&followthosedirections.InstallVisualStudioCode(VSCode)DownloadVisualStudioCode[2]&installitonyourcomputer.VSCodesettingsWhenyou...
Show file extensionsBefore you do anything else in this course, we need to make sure that extensions (e.g., .html, .zip, .jpeg) show up at the ends of files.
If you use a Mac, do the following:
Click on the Finder. Click on Finder > Preferences. Click on the Advanced tab. Check the box next to Show All Filename Extensions. Close the Preferences window.If you use Windows, please refer to Configuring Windows To Show Extensions[1] & follow those directions.
Install Visual Studio Code (VSCode)Download Visual Studio Code[2] & install it on your computer.
VSCode settingsWhen you change the settings in most apps, you click on buttons & check checkboxes & so on. VSCode provides an interface like that to change settings, but it’s not the only method. In VSCode (& many other developers’ text editors), you can instead edit text files1.
I have already created settings for you. To use them, do the following:
Press ⌘⇧P (Ma...