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# Visual Studio Code
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Visual Studio Code is a Free Open Source code editor that you can use to edit your programs.
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Working from Visual Studio code allows you to benefit from all the features
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of a professional IDE while working with PXT: working with files,
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git integration (or source control of your choice), hundreds of extensions.
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## 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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```
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pxt install -g pxt
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```
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* create a folder for your projects
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```
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mkdir microbit
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```
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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 ``microbit`` folder.
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```
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# create a new subfolder for your project
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mkdir myproject
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cd 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 or .hex file. 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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```
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where ``EMBEDURL`` is the published project URL. |