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⌨ ​ Setup: Visual Studio Code

The What You Need section indicated that you would need to have Visual Studio Code installed on your local machine for these exercises. Visual Studio Code supports enhanced features via Extensions that can be installed from the Extensions Marketplace.

The Extensions Marketplace can be found by clicking the on the left side of your Visual Studio Code window.

Docker Extension

The first extension to add is the Docker extension. This will provide capabilities like syntax highlighting in Dockerfiles, auto-completion of instructions, and much more. You can read more about the Extension on the Visual Studio Code Marketplace page.

  1. OPEN Visual Studio Code
  2. CLICK the Extensions Icon on the left
  3. ENTER ms-azuretools.vscode-docker in the Search Extensions in Marketplace box
  4. SELECT Install

docker extension

Remote Development Extension

The second Visual Studio Code Extension required is the Remove Development Extension Pack. This is a bundle of Extensions for connecting to different remote environments including SSH, Containers, and Windows.

This section will illustrate the additional Visual Studio Code Extension needed to integrate it with Docker.

  1. CLICK in the Search Extensions in Marketplace box
  2. ENTER ms-vscode-remote.vscode-remote-extensionpack in the **Search Extensions in Marketplace ** box
  3. SELECT Install

Note

Reload the window if prompted.

The Extension details will indicate that the extension is installed and enabled as seen below.

remote dev extension

What's Next

Now that you have installed the required Visual Studio Code Extensions from the Marketplace you will create a new GitHub repository, clone that locally and open it in Visual Studio Code.