# How to use Visual Studio Code with Processing 3

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**Created:** [October 6, 2019, 9:34am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-use-visual-studio-code-with-processing-3/14458 "2019-10-06T09:34:58Z")\
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I installed the [processing-vscode](https://github.com/TobiahZ/processing-vscode) extension and it worked quite well (for VS Code on Mac):

1. Open Processing, and click the Tools -\> Install “processing-java” menu item.
2. Install the [processing-vscode](https://github.com/TobiahZ/processing-vscode) extension
3. Open your sketch folder in VS Code
4. NOT just the `.pde` file, like you would do from the Processing IDE
5. run `Processing: Create Task File`
6. `Cmd-P` + `>` + `Create Task File`
7. Run project: `Cmd-Shift P`

The above was from a Mac; on **Windows** there is a little more to be done to get JAVA onto the PATH - there are instructions on the extensions github page. Additionally, `Cmd` would be `Ctrl`

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