

While jsconfig.json files are not required, you will want to create one in cases such as: JavaScript projects (jsconfig.json)Ī jsconfig.json file defines a JavaScript project in VS Code. See Working with JavaScript for information about VS Code's JavaScript IntelliSense, how to configure it, and help troubleshooting common IntelliSense problems. VS Code provides IntelliSense within your JavaScript projects for many npm libraries such as React, lodash, and express and for other platforms such as node, serverless, or IoT. Sorry, your browser doesn't support HTML 5 video. IntelliSense shows you intelligent code completion, hover information, and signature information so that you can write code more quickly and correctly. For a more in-depth guide on how these features work and can be configured, see Working with JavaScript. Extensions from the VS Code Marketplace can augment or change most of these built-in features. This page summarizes the JavaScript features that VS Code ships with. Most of these features just work out of the box, while some may require basic configuration to get the best experience. Visual Studio Code includes built-in JavaScript IntelliSense, debugging, formatting, code navigation, refactorings, and many other advanced language features. Configure IntelliSense for cross-compiling.

Less-common operating systemsįor more information on installing Node.js on a variety of operating systems, see this page. Or see this page to install npm for Linux in the way many Linux developers prefer.

If you're using OS X or Windows, use one of the installers from the Node.js download page. If you use Linux, we recommend that you use a NodeSource installer. If you are unable to use a Node version manager, you can use a Node installer to install both Node.js and npm on your system. Using a Node installer to install Node.js and npm Node version managers allow you to install and switch between multiple versions of Node.js and npm on your system so you can test your applications on multiple versions of npm to ensure they work for users on different versions. Npm -v Using a Node version manager to install Node.js and npm
