Installing Visual Studio Code and ASP.NET Core

First, we will install Visual Studio Code on Mac OS X.

Note

If you are using Linux, you can read the directions at https://code.visualstudio.com/Docs/?dv=linux64.

Installing Visual Studio Code

To install Visual Studio Code, you need to perform the following steps:

  1. Start Safari or Chrome, go to https://code.visualstudio.com/Docs/editor/setup, and then click on Download Visual Studio Code for Mac OS X.
  2. After downloading the ZIP file, double-click on it to extract the Visual Studio Code.app file. Drag the file to your Applications folder:
    Installing Visual Studio Code
  3. When you first run Visual Studio Code, you will see that it is a very simple ...

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