Skip to main content

Visual Studio Code

Download Visual Studio Code​

https://code.visualstudio.com/sha/download?build=stable&os=win32-x64-user

https://cdn.lane.mapdojo.com/external/VSCodeUserSetup-x64-1.73.1.exe

Install Visual Studio Code​

Double-click the VSCodeUserSetup-x64-1.62.3.exe file and, if you accept the license agreement, proceed with the install.

Visual Studio Code is used to author / modify the Lane PowerShell scripts and is the Microsoft preferred PowerShell integrated development environment (IDE).

Install the PowerShell extension​

Open Visual Studio Code and install the PowerShell extension by clicking on the Extensions icon in the left-hand side menu.

tip

If you are using PowerShell for the first time in Visual Studio, you will need to set up the PowerShell extension to use the PowerShell version that you installed in the previous step.

note

You can also download and install the extension manually using the following command:

https://cdn.lane.mapdojo.com/external/ms-vscode.PowerShell-2022.11.0.vsix

code --install-extension powershell-<version>.vsix
D:\Lane\Support\PowerShell\pwsh.exe

Run your first Lane command:​

The Get-LaneVersion command is the most simple way to validate that you are using the latest version of Lane:

Import-Module Lane
Get-LaneVersion