Install VSCode and GIT

• We will use Visual Studio Code (VS Code) as our text and code editor. This widely used software, now owned by Microsoft, is open source and also has multiple plug-ins (add-ons) that add useful features. All the necessary instructions and software downloads can be found here: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs (Download Visual Studio Code)

  • Simple Intro Videos (in English).

• We then need GIT (version control software) to synchronize the documents on your computer (locally) with your GitHub repository (online).
  • If not yet available on your laptop, you’ll need to install Git:Instructions on this website.
  • Once GIT is installed, you can activate the connection to GitHub from Visual Studio Code and use this software to version the code and upload it to your project’s repository, seethese instructions andthe description of the whole stage-commit-push workflow.

Useful VSCode plugins

Some extensions of VSCode add relevant and useful functions to the editor.

• Markdown Editor (zaak) adds a WYSIWIG editor and an HTML export function.
  • when you’ve opened a MD document you can activate it with shift-ctrl-cmd(or)alt)-M or from the Command Palette
• CSV to Markdown Table (phoihos) allows to convert CSV data to a markdown table
• SPARQL Notebook (Zazuko) “a powerful way to document SPARQL queries and make them execute as notebook code cells.” - always export the queries to Markdown pages