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Install VS Code and Git on Mac (step by step)

Two tools, two commands: VS Code for writing SQL and Git for saving your work. No AI extensions yet.

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Install VS Code and Git

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VS Codewrite your SQL files

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Gitsave every version of your work

Do tool, do command. Two tools, two commands.

VS Code is a free editor where you will write and save SQL files. Git keeps every version of your work. Homebrew installs both. A notice: no AI extensions yet. Do not install Copilot or AI autocomplete now. You learn faster when you type every query yourself.

Step 1

Two commands

Terminal– □ ×

~ % brew install --cask visual-studio-code visual-studio-code was successfully installed! ~ % brew install git ==> Summary

Cask is for apps you open. Plain install is for command tools.

Install them:

brew install --cask visual-studio-code
brew install git

VS Code is an app, so it uses --cask. Git is a command line tool, so it does not.

Step 2

Turn on the code command

Open VS Codefrom Applications

Press Cmd + Shift + Pthe command palette

Type "shell command"pick the Install line

Choose itInstall 'code' command in PATH

Now code works in Terminal.

Open VS Code, press Cmd + Shift + P, type shell command, and choose Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH. Then open a new Terminal window and type code --version.

Step 3

Two extensions, no more

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SQLToolsSQL query runner

SQLTools PostgreSQLPostgreSQL driver

Extensions icon, or press Cmd + Shift + X. Install only these two.

In VS Code, click the Extensions icon on the left (or press Cmd + Shift + X) and install SQLTools and SQLTools PostgreSQL. Nothing else. No Copilot, no AI autocomplete, not yet.

If something goes wrong

Common problems

`code: command not found`	Open VS Code, Cmd + Shift + P, run Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH.
`git: command not found`	Open a new Terminal window. Still no? Run `brew install git` again.
Mac asks to install developer tools	Click Install and wait. That is Apple's own Git.

Tell me exactly what the screen says. Ghabrana nahi.

code: command not found: open VS Code, press Cmd + Shift + P and run Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH.
git: command not found: open a new Terminal window. Still no? Run brew install git again.
Mac asks to install developer tools: click Install and wait.

Your turn

Which extensions did you install?

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