We can write Java code inside of a text editor.
The best text editor on the planet is Visual Studio Code.
Visual Studio Code, also known as VS code is fast lightweight and it has great support for Java.
As a Java developer myself, I use VS code every single day.
In this lesson, we're going to download Visual Studio Code.
To the right of your lecture title.
There is a small icon called the Resources Folder.
Pause the video and click on the link inside of the resources folder.
So download vs code for whatever operating system you're using.
I'm using a mac, so I'll choose this link.
And the download should not take very long.
VS code is very light.
Few seconds left.
All right.
Once your download is finished, you can go ahead and unzip the package and open it.
Now we're going to be writing a lot of Java code.
So if you want support for testing, debugging, autocomplete, the first thing we're going to do is
download the Java Extension pack.
So go to the extensions tab.
In right Java extension pack and download the extension pack for Java.
I already have it enabled and installed, so I'll give you a couple of seconds for you to do that and
then we can resume.
Okay.
That's really it.
You downloaded vs code and now we can start using it.