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    This article will help you how to install homebrew on macOS.

    Homebrew is a free and open-source software package management system that simplifies the installation of software on Apple’s operating system, macOS, as well as Linux.

    1. To Install Homebrew on macOS, open a terminal and execute the command below.

    ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

    The installation process will prompt for the password. Just enter your password where required to complete the Homebrew installation. The process will take some time.

    Once the installation completed, execute the below command to check version.

    brew --version
    Homebrew 3.5.2-2-gedea67f
    Homebrew/homebrew-core (no Git repository)

    You may also run the below command to ensure everything is configured correctly. below command will show the instructions for correcting any issues.

    james@JamesEduard repos % brew doctor
    
    Please note that these warnings are just used to help the Homebrew maintainers
    with debugging if you file an issue. If everything you use Homebrew for is
    working fine: please don't worry or file an issue; just ignore this. Thanks!
    
    Warning: A newer Command Line Tools release is available.
    Update them from Software Update in System Preferences or run:
      softwareupdate --all --install --force
    
    If that doesn't show you any updates, run:
      sudo rm -rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools
      sudo xcode-select --install
    
    Alternatively, manually download them from:
      https://developer.apple.com/download/all/.
    You should download the Command Line Tools for Xcode 13.4.
    
    Warning: Homebrew/homebrew-core was not tapped properly! Run:
      rm -rf "/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core"
      brew tap homebrew/core
    
    Warning: Some taps are not on the default git origin branch and may not receive
    updates. If this is a surprise to you, check out the default branch with:
      git -C $(brew --repo homebrew/core) checkout 

    To upgrade Homebrew, execute the command below in terminal prompt.

    cd "$(brew --repo)" git fetch && git reset --hard origin/master && brew update

    To uninstall Homebrew, execute the command below in a terminal prompt.

    ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/uninstall)"

    2. Install Visual Studio Code on macOS

    First, fetch the latest version of homebrew and formula. Then tap the Caskroom/Cask repository from Github. After that search for the visual-studio-code package.

    brew update
    brew tap homebrew/cask
    brew search visual-studio-code --cask

    Outpu:

    ==> Casks
    visual-studio
    visual-studio-code
    homebrew/cask-versions/visual-studio-code-insiders

    Then install Visual Studio Code by running the following command.

    brew install visual-studio-code

    Wait for the installation complete

    3. After completing the installation of Visual Studio Code, launch it on your macOS system. After that, you can add the required extensions for your application.

    3. Installation done , you may now start your code development with vscode.

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