Make a folder in a directory you keep projects in and then highlight it. Windows Explorer will open and ask you to specify the folder the project files will be stored locally: You will first be asked to enter your project name: This will kickoff some background processes to start connecting your org. Choose ‘SFDX: Create Project with Manifest’. Then type ‘SFDX’ and you will see prepopulated commands. Click on ‘View’ then select ‘Command Palette’ (or press Ctrl + Shift + P). Now that Visual Studio code is up and running, you need to connect it to the Salesforce org you are working out of. The Command Palette is a way for you to run commands that are built into Visual Studio Code natively or from extensions. From here, you now have access to a few commands in the Command Palette. Search for them in the search bar and click Install. but the two we will install are the Salesforce Extension Pack and Salesforce CLI integration. There are a variety of extensions you can download for Salesforce specifically, like the Apex extension, the Apex debuggers, etc. You will then be greeted to this:Ĭlick on the lowest icon on the left hand sidebar for Extensions: Run the executable and then open up Visual Studio Code. Configuring Salesforce Packagesįirst things first: let’s download Visual Studio Code.
Let’s learn how to get VSCode setup for Salesforce development. Salesforce also endorses using Visual Studio they even have a Trailhead dedicated to it. You’re ready to start coding! You may have a task you want to automate or a project in mind but first, how do you get started? I use Visual Studio Code (VSCode) to do my coding when I’m programming in Apex, Salesforce’s custom programming language.