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- Tue Sep 17, 2019 11:21 am #83824 Visual Studio Code - i want to get it to work with the ESP8266

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

- Tue Sep 17, 2019 11:56 am #83825 hello and good day


many thanks for the quick reply _ after having tried some thing - the biest just started to work .

Code: Select all>>>
serial allready opened ... and i guess that i have managed to connect to the board and to work on it.


btw: i have in the device folder
device/
boot.py

but no main folder (guess that this will be loaded with my first script)

see the attached image to see that all is woriking now at least regarding this tutorial
https://randomnerdtutorials.com/flash-u ... 2-esp8266/
https://randomnerdtutorials.com/getting ... 2-esp8266/

running_the_first_script_.jpg

have a great day.

greetings

btw. where to download the newest v ersion of uPCraft - i have running version 1.0
and besides that: i have mused and thougtht that it wold be a good idea to get other IDEs working with the ESP such as

vscode
thonny
ATOM
PyCharm

but do i need to install the ArduinoIDE too !?
love to hear from you

- Wed Sep 18, 2019 1:07 am #83829 I'm not an expert on that

but I think you should give PlatformIO a try

https://github.com/quackmore

- Thu Sep 26, 2019 1:45 pm #83944 I use PlatformIO and can tell you that its much better than the Arduino IDE.
It has some nasty bugs but the advantages are bigger.