Vscode Macos Install
VSCode is a cross-platform free source code editor developed by Microsoft, supporting Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Before installing VS Code, make sure your device meets the following minimum requirements:
| **Operating System** | **Minimum Requirements** |
| --- | --- |
| **Windows** | Windows 7 64-bit or higher |
| **macOS** | macOS 10.11 El Capitan or higher |
| **Linux** | Ubuntu 16.04+, Debian 9+, Fedora 30+, CentOS 7+ |
VS Code official website download page: [https://code.visualstudio.com/Download](https://code.visualstudio.com/Download).
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By default, when visiting the VS Code official website [https://code.visualstudio.com/](https://code.visualstudio.com/), the page will automatically match the installation package based on your system. For example, since I'm on macOS, the "Download for macOS" button will appear:
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## Install on macOS
Visit the VS Code official website [https://code.visualstudio.com/](https://code.visualstudio.com/), click "Download for macOS", and a compressed package named VSCode-darwin-universal.zip will be downloaded. After decompression, it becomes a Visual Studio Code.
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Drag Visual Studio Code.app to the "Applications" folder to make it available in the macOS Launchpad.
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Press the `Command β` key, then press the spacebar, search for 'Visual' in the search box, and click the Visual Studio Code button to open it:
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You can also search for the Visual Studio Code icon in the Launchpad. Once you find the Visual Studio Code icon, click on it:
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Mac OS will prompt whether to confirm opening a program downloaded from the internet. Just click the Open button:
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Launch Visual Studio Code, and the interface is as follows:
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## VSCode's code Command
Enabling VSCode's code command is very simple. First, open the command palette:
* macOS shortcut: β§βP
* Windows/Linux shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + P
Search for "Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH":
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Then select "Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH" to add the code command reference to the system PATH.
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