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Managing VS Code extensions via terminal

Visual Studio Code (VS Code) allows you to manage extensions using the VS Code Command Line Interface (CLI) called code. With the code CLI, you can install, list, uninstall, and manage extensions from the command line.  

To check you have the code prompt running, run

code --version

Response you're looking for is

VS Code - Unable to locate phpcs

phpcs issue in Visual Studio Code, I'm receiving this warning in VS Code:

phpcs: Unable to locate phpcs. Please add phpcs to your global path or use composer decency manager to install it in your project locally.

 

How to fix

You can install phpcs by using composer global command:

composer global require squizlabs/php_codesniffer

Then in VS Code, go to 

Setting up a new local site environment

Setting up a new project in Docker and VS Code.

Using Terminal, go to your Sites directory and create a new directory using the mkdir command.  In this instance I'm going to create a new directory titled ADCE

shortcut command to access the Sites directory

cd ~/Sites

Create the new directory

mkdir ADCE

Go in to the new directory

cd ADCE

Run the devcontainer command

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