The magic of VSCode lies largely in its extensions. A plethora of tools that highlight syntax errors and even provide quick look ups for class methods. An additional benefit of VSCode is the ability to open it from the Macbook Terminal.
Step 1:
Open up your VSCode:
Step 2:
Open the command palette by pressing ctrl-p:
Step 3:
Press ‘>’ to open a whole host of settings and type “shell command”:
Step 4:
Step 5:
Simply type code
into the Terminal and VSCode opens up!
$ code