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Optimizing Your HTML5 Development Workflow: A Guide to Recommended IDEs and Visual Studio Code (HTML Course: Part IV)

In the previous lessons, we covered the basics of HTML5 and all the tags used to create web pages. In this lesson, we’ll take a look at some of the recommended IDEs (Integrated Development Environment) for HTML5 development and show you how to install and set up Visual Studio Code, which is my personal favorite.

Recommended IDEs (Integrated Development Environment)

There are many IDEs available for HTML5 development, but some of the most popular ones include:

• Visual Studio Code: A lightweight and popular code editor that supports many programming languages, including HTML5.
• Atom: A hackable text editor that supports many programming languages, including HTML5.
• Sublime Text: A popular and powerful text editor that supports many programming languages, including HTML5.

Installing VS Code (Visual Studio Code)

• First, download Visual Studio Code from the official website: https://code.visualstudio.com/download

The Download page looks like this (Select your correct OS version and proceed to Download) …. Note: THE APPEARANCE OF THE PAGE MAY CHANGE AS TIME PASSES BUT THE INSTALLATION PROCESS MUST REMAIN PRETTY SAME….

• Once the download is complete, open the installer and follow the prompts to install the program.
• After installation, open Visual Studio Code and you should be presented with the Welcome page

Installing Extensions

Visual Studio Code supports a wide range of extensions that can add additional functionality to the program. Here are some recommended extensions for HTML5 development:

The 3rd Option with 9 written is the marketplace for VS Code extensions…

• HTML Snippets: This extension provides a collection of HTML5 snippets that can be used to quickly insert common elements into your code.
• Emmet: This extension provides a set of shortcuts and tools to help you write HTML5 and CSS faster.
• Live Server: This extension allows you to run a local development server with live reload, so you can see changes to your code in real-time.
• Beautify: This extension allows you to format your HTML, CSS and JavaScript code automatically.
• NOTE: More Extensions use MORE RAM AND CPU RESOURCES however, the first three extensions can be useful for you!

To install an extension, open the Extensions pane by clicking on the Extensions button on the Activity Bar or by pressing Ctrl + Shift + X (Cmd + Shift + X on Mac). Search for the extension you want to install, and click the install button.

That’s it for this lesson! In this lesson, we’ve covered some of the recommended IDEs for HTML5 development and shown you how to install and set up Visual Studio Code and useful extensions for HTML5 development. With a good IDE and the right extensions, you can streamline your development process and be more productive…

That’s It for this Lesson Hope you Learned something New!

I’ll repeat this through the lesson, if you don’t get anything read twice because HTML is an extremely is to understand language… Anyways if still think you’re not understanding comment below and I’ll (only if it’s legit) reply

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