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Installing VS Code and Extensions

Discover how to install Visual Studio Code along with essential extensions to improve your experience in developing Helm charts and managing Kubernetes clusters. This lesson guides you through setting up tools that provide code completion, visualization, and better management of YAML files, helping you work more efficiently with Helm.

What else is needed?

All the necessary tools have already been installed so we can jump right in to using Helm.

However, it is strongly recommended to not skip this lesson in which we’ll install very helpful tools that will allow us to get better insight into the Kubernetes cluster and assist us in developing Helm charts.

The first and the most important tool is IDE. Theoretically, we could write everything in a simple text editor or directly in the terminal, e.g., using Vim. If you like this approach, go with it. But if you prefer to use more clickable tools, let’s explore.

Most of the time during this course we’ll be able to run all the commands in a ...