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Install Visual Studio Code: Manual, Homebrew, Ansible Methods — Video Tutorial

Learn how to install Visual Studio Code on macOS using manual download, Homebrew, or Ansible. Explore the pros and cons of each installation method.

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What you'll learn

  • Visual Studio Code
  • Manual way
  • Homebrew way
  • Ansible way
  • code
  • execution
  • idempotency
  • Conclusion
  • Related Articles
  • Ansible Extensions for VS Code
Visual Studio Code Visual Studio Code is an excellent Free and Built Open Source IDE that speeds up any software development nowadays. It runs everywhere. The main four feature are: - IntelliSense - Run and Debug - Built-in Git - Extensions Manual way Manually download and install from the official website https://code.visualstudio.com/. - Pro: easy for new users - Cons: time-consuming to upgrade, time-consuming for multiple machines to install and upgrade ![Install Visual Studio Code Manual way](/articles/install-visualstudiocode-manual.jpg) Homebrew way Using the Homebrew package manager, you can easily search and install the visual-studio-code package. - Pro: fast install and upgrade - Cons: require Terminal skill, time-consuming for multiple machines installation and upgrade ![Install Visual Studio Code Homebrew way](/articles/install-visualstudiocode-homebrew.jpg) Ansible way Using Ansible, you can quickly deploy an Ansible Playbook to install the visual-studio-code package via Homebrew. - Pro: fast install and upgrade, unlock parallel multiple machine installation - Cons: require Terminal skill code - install-visualstudiocode.yml ```yaml --- - name: install Visual Studio Code Mac Universal hosts: all tasks: - name: install visual-studio-code community.general.homebrew: name: visual-studio-code state: latest update_homebrew: true ``` - inventory ```ini localhost ansible_connection=local ``` execution There is currently a bug in the module report, but it successfully installs Visual Studio Code. ```bash lberton@Lucas-MBP macos % ansible-playbook -i inventory install-visualstudiocode.yml PLAY [install Visual Studio Code Mac Universal] *************************************** TASK [Gathering Facts] **************************************************************** [WARNING]: Platform darwin on host localhost is using the discovered Python interpreter at /opt/homebrew/bin/python3.10, but future installation of another Python interpreter could change the meaning of that path. See https://docs.ansible.com/ansible- core/2.13/reference_appendices/interpreter_discovery.html for more information. ok: [localhost] TASK [community.general.homebrew] ***************************************************** fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": ""} PLAY RECAP **************************************************************************** localhost : ok=1 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 lberton@Lucas-MBP macos % ``` ![Install Visual Studio Code Ansible way](/articles/install-visualstudiocode-ansible.jpg) idempotency ```bash lberton@Lucas-MBP macos % ansible-playbook -i inventory install-visualstudiocode.yml PLAY [install Visual Studio Code Mac Universal] *************************************** TASK [Gathering Facts] **************************************************************** [WARNING]: Platform darwin on host lo

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  • Author: Luca Berton
  • Difficulty: Beginner
  • Read time: 4 min
  • Category: installation

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