Text Editor

Any text editor, like Notepad, TextEdit, Notepad++, etc., can be used to write C/C++ code for the microcontroller. However, we will use VSCode (Visual Studio Code) in this class because it has a great deal of extra functionalities that makes writing the code easier. These functionalities include syntax highlighting, suggestions, Auto-Complete, and many more. It also interfaces with CMake so that the code can be compiled into a binary with a single click. Following are the steps for setting up VSCode properly. Instructions to install Visual Studio Code are given separately for MacOS and Windows/Linux

MacOS

Download the installer for VSCode from https://code.visualstudio.com/download and install it.
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Install ‘C/C++ Extension Pack’.
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Download the installer for VSCode from https://code.visualstudio.com/download for your operating system and run it.
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Install `WSL’ extensions.
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Follow the images below to open WSL in VSCode. Note that when you switch to WSL in VSCode, you’ll see WSL:Ubuntu written in the bottom left blue colored area.
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Install ‘C/C++ Extension Pack’ in WSL.
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