F# Introduction I: Setting up an environment¶

Installing Visual Studio Code¶

• Download the recommended .NET SDK for your operating system and install it.

  • By Selecting All .NET downloads you can between installers for different operating systems.

  

• Download the latest stable build of Visual Studio Code for your operating system and install it.

  

• Open Visual Studio Code, navigate to the "Extensions" tab and install "Ionide-fsharp"

  

Installing Visual Studio¶

Windows¶

• Download the desired version of Visual Studio

  

• When executing the installer select ".NET desktop development" under workloads and make sure "F# desktop language support" is ticked as well on the right side.

  

• Select any other workloads or individual components you are interested in and start the installation.

macOS¶

• Download Visual Studio for Mac Visual Studio

  

• Run the Installer. F# is installed by default.