Setting Up & Configuring Visual Studio Code | vscode settings.json path
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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...
![Setting Up & Configuring Visual Studio Code](https://i.imgur.com/H8YKUrg.jpg)
Before 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...