manual_teachbooks/book/installation-and-setup/vscode-setup.md

VS Code

VS Code is a text editor with some extra features, such as integrated source control and a file browser. Moreover, extensions are available to add functionality to VS Code.

Installation

VS Code can be downloaded from here. The installation is fairly simple and won't be covered here.

Extensions

These are some very useful extensions when working on Jupyter Books:

• Python - for obvious reasons. Also includes Jupyter Notebook rendering.
• MyST-Markdown - adds support for MyST markdown, including previews.
• YAML - enables validation of .yml files (the format of the Jupyter Book configuration files).