Get started with VS Code #

Visual Studio Code is a free and fully integrated source-code editor supporting Git and live preview.

Install VS Code #

1. Download and install Git.

   Default installation is fine. Don’t worry if you don’t unsterstand these options. VS Code will handle most Git interactions.

2. Download and install VS Code.

Clone your first repository #

1. From VS Code, select View ❯ Command Palette….
2. Enter and select Git: Clone (Recursive) ❯ Clone from GitHub.
3. Sign in and authorize VS Code.
4. In VS Code, enter and select a repository. Anthrocon/docs, for example.
5. Select a folder where VS Code will store working files for this repository.
6. Open the cloned repository.

Next steps #

• Set your Git username and email
• Add a spell checker to VS Code
• Learn the basics of Markdown