Install VS Code

We will be editing code using a desktop app call Visual Studio Code, VS Code for short. In this editor, we will be programming the Arduino using the CircuitPython language which is a derivative of Python.

Download and install the VS Code editor

Download and install the VS Code editor on your computer.

Install the CircuitPython extension in VS Code

Follow this link and click install.

You browser will ask you to open VS Code app, select 'Open Visual Studio Code.app'.

Once in the VS code editor extension section, select 'Install' to install the circuitpython extension in VS code.