

py file, it will recognize the file is a Python file and it will treat as Python file going forward. To start coding in Visual Studio Code, go to File > New File or ( Command + N) Click the first extension shows up in the search result then click Install.

To install extension, click the Extension icon (boxes) on the sidebar and type python in the search box. This will help increase your productivity of coding since the extension provides support on linting, debugging, intellisense, code formatting, etc. For example, if you are using Visual Studio Code as your primary code editor for Python development, I would recommend installing the Python extension. I recommend to install the extension(s) useful for the language you will be using with it. Once you have the Visual Studio Code app moved in the Application folder, double click on it and it will launch the Visual Studio Code app.

I recommend to move this app in your Application folder.Īt this point, you are down installing (download, extract and move the app) on your macOS Catalina system. When you extract the zip file, it has the Visual Studio Code app. Once you clicked the Download for Mac, it will start downloading the VSCode-darwin-stable.zip You can get the Visual Studio Code from Visual Studio Website. How to install Visual Studio Code into your macOS Catalina There are several code editor out there such as Sublime Text, Atom, Notepad++ (Windows Only) but considering Visual Studio is open source and supports multiple platforms such as Windows, macOS and Linux and other reasons listed in “ 3 things you need to start scripting” post, I recommend Visual Studio as my go to code editor. It comes with built-in support for JavaScript, TypeScript and Node.js and has a rich ecosystem of extensions for other languages (such as C++, C#, Java, Python, PHP, Go) and runtimes (such as.

Visual Studio Code is a lightweight but powerful source code editor which runs on your desktop and is available for Windows, macOS and Linux.
