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Visual Studio Code Quick Walk through ​

Open With Code ​

With VScode downloaded you can

  • Create a file
  • Right click, open with code
  • Code Runner (Recommended for JavaScript Section)
  • Playwright Test for VSCode
  • Path Intellisense
  • Prettier Code formatter
  • Code Spell Checker
  • Better Comments
  • VScode Icons (As preference)
  • Theme of Choice (As preference)

Opening the Terminal ​

While in VScode, there is a terminal built in! Just click 'terminal' at the top and click 'New Terminal' After that is completed it will open up your preferred terminal of choice (I use bash)

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While in the VSCode terminal you can double check your versions of node and npm with the following commands.

sh
node -v
sh
npm -v

Selecting A Theme ​

to select a theme, you can use the shortcut control + k + t or click file -> preferences -> color theme

Some nice themes ​

  • Material Theme
  • Monokai
  • ninja-ui-vibrant
  • Snazzy Operator
  • Tokyo Night