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Best tutorial teaching how to set up VS Code for common languages? (lemmy.world)

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One of the most common questions that comes up involves trouble setting up VS Code - in particular if you want to not just use it as an editor, but set it up to fully run and debug your code.

Obviously the details vary by platform on language, so I'd welcome any resources you think are particularly good that specifically walk a beginner through how to set up VS Code on Windows with Python, or how to set up VS Code on macOS with C++, etc.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Generally the best place to go for information on tools like VS Code is straight to the source. The official documentation may not be written for the absolute beginner but it's a solid jumping off point nonetheless.

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/python https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/cpp https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/windows https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/mac