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Published inOct 2023
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781805122463
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Juha Hinkula
Juha Hinkula
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Juha Hinkula

Juha Hinkula is a software development lecturer at Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences in Finland. He received an MSc degree in Computer Science from the University of Helsinki and he has over 17 years of industry experience in software development. Over the past few years, he has focused on modern full stack development. He is also a passionate mobile developer with Android-native technology, and also uses React Native.
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Installing Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is an open-source code editor for multiple programming languages. It was developed by Microsoft. There are many different code editors available, such as Atom and Sublime, and you can use something other than VS Code if you are familiar with it.

Eclipse, which we used for backend development, is optimized for Java development. VS Code can also be used for Java and Spring Boot development, so it is possible to use only one editor for both backend and frontend development if you prefer.

VS Code is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux, and you can download it from https://code.visualstudio.com/. Installation for Windows is done with the MSI installer, and you can execute the installation with default settings.

The following screenshot shows the workbench for VS Code. On the left-hand side is the activity bar, which you can use to navigate between different views. Next to the activity bar is a sidebar...

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Juha Hinkula

Juha Hinkula is a software development lecturer at Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences in Finland. He received an MSc degree in Computer Science from the University of Helsinki and he has over 17 years of industry experience in software development. Over the past few years, he has focused on modern full stack development. He is also a passionate mobile developer with Android-native technology, and also uses React Native.
Read more about Juha Hinkula