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# Visual Studio Code
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Visual Studio Code is a Free Open Source code editor. Edit your programs with
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## Tools setup
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Follow these instructions to setup your machine and edit your programs in Visual Studio Code.
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* install [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/)
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* install [Node.JS](https://nodejs.org/en/)
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* install the PXT Tools (on Mac or Linux, you might have to add ``sudo`` to the command).
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pxt install -g pxt
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* create a folder for your projects
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```
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mkdir microbit
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* install the microbit target
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```
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pxt target microbit
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```
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That's it! You are ready to create new projects in code or open existing projects.
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## Creating a new project
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Open a shell to your projects folder.
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# create a new subfolder for your project
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mkdir myproject
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# start the project set
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pxt init
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# open code
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code.
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```
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## Opening an existing project
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You can extract a project from the embedded URL. Open a shell to your projects folder
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# extract the project from the URL
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pxt extract EMBEDURL
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where ``EMBEDURL`` is the published project URL.
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