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# Setting up Environment

In order to develop Mandarine-powered applications, you will most likely need to use an IDE (Integrated Development Environment).

Mandarine.TS officially recommends to use [Visual Studio Code (VSC)](https://code.visualstudio.com/) as Deno has official support for a *Deno* development environment.

### Using VSCODE, Deno & Mandarine

### Getting started

Download Visual Studio Code from the link above.

### Installing Deno Extension

After downloading VS Code, go to the tab `Extensions` and look for "Deno"

![Deno official extension for VS code.](/files/-M9_9ax0JqWwBwx5I9Sc)

Install the extensions and read the *readme* for any question.

### Using Deno extension

After having downloaded the mentioned Deno extension, create a folder in the root of your project called `.vscode`, and inside that folder create a file called `settings.json`.

```typescript
// .vscode/settings.json
{
    "deno.enable": true,
    "deno.autoFmtOnSave": true,
    "deno.alwaysShowStatus": true
}
```