Installing Visual Studio Code
The installation of VS Code was shown in Chapter 3, Getting Started with the SharePoint Framework. Just in case you have not installed VS Code yet, take a few moments to perform the installation now:
- On your development workstation, navigate to http://code.visualstudio.com/. If you are planning to use Windows, select
Download for Windows
on the left.

- In case you need a different platform, select
Other platforms and Insiders Edition
to choose between Linux versions (Debian, Ubuntu, Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE) and a Mac-version (macOS 10.9+ required).
- On Windows, double-click the installation package and walk through the installation wizard.

- Select
Next
, and then accept theLicense Agreement
.

- The default path is usually fine, so just accept the defaults.

- The
Start Menu Folder
dictates what to call the folder in your Windows start menu. You can safely accept the default value.

- If you need, select additional properties for installation, such as integrating
Open with Code
selection...