Chapter 2. Install Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is a popular open source editor developed by Microsoft. The Raspberry Pi Pico VS Code
Extension makes it easy to install dependencies and build software for Pico-series devices.
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If you don’t want to use VS Code, you can either use VSCodium (the community-driven libre alternative) or configure
your environment manually.
To install Visual Studio Code (VS Code) on Raspberry Pi OS or Linux, run the following commands:
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install code
On macOS and Windows, you can install VS Code from https://code.visualstudio.com/Download.
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