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Preparing for development

Preparing for development - Visual Studio Code Tutorial

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Preparing for development

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- There's a few things that you should have before embarking into Visual Studio Code extension development. So let's take a look. Now first, you're going to need a copy of Node.js installed in your machine. You can get that at this URL. Since extensions are published as repositories, you'll also need a copy of Git installed into your system. You may also want to install a copy of Git Bash, which is part of the Git installation. This will allow you to run Linux style commands on a PC. Now you may also want to have a GitHub account. It's free and you can get it right here. Finally extensions are published using Azure DevOps, and you can find that right here. Now this is also a free account, and you can start if you already have a GitHub account, or you could create a new account. Now if you already have an account, you can sign in right here. In addition to this, you're going to need some additional installations. You're…

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