the Visual Studio Code - i want to get it to work with the ESP8266

[apollodriver]

Dear Community,


the Visual Studio Code - i want to get it to work with the ESP8266

which extensions do i need to add?

The whole design of Visual Studio Code is so that it should be easily be configured for any development language using these extensions. Do i need to install the Arduino IDE? if i am able to go roound the Arduino IDE - i would be happy.
Like most of the IDE's I have tried, they rely on the Arduino IDE for all the libraries. - but if i am able to work with VS-Stidio-Code and ESP 8266 directly i would be happy.

how to set it up and to make sure that i have fully configured Visual Studio Code to work with all the necessary add-on for ESP8266

which extensions i should add and install?



note: i am on Windows 7

[BradenM]

Hi apollodriver,

I would suggest taking a look at this article: #MicroPython: VSCode IntelliSense, Autocompletion & Linting capabilities

Full disclosure, I am the author behind one of the extensions (micropy-cli), but I do believe the environment detailed in the article above is currently the closest we can get to support in VSCode.