Procedure
Install Visual Studio Code
Install VS Code via winget, Homebrew, or the official Linux packages, then verify with the code CLI.
Step 1
Install VS Code. Windows: winget install -e --id Microsoft.VisualStudioCode . macOS: brew install --cask visual-studio-code . Linux: download the .deb/.rpm from https://code.visualstudio.com/ or follow Microsoft's package repo / snap install --classic code
Step 2
Open a new terminal so the code shell command is on PATH (on macOS, you can also run "Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH" from the Command Palette).
Step 3
code --version
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