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David Gerber edited this page Jun 7, 2026 · 6 revisions

Note: VSCode is being changed a lot and very quickly. For Java stuff, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

  1. Download Visual Studio Code from https://code.visualstudio.com/Download
  2. Install with the default options
  3. Click the Source Control icon on the left toolbar, if you don't have Git, click Download Git for Windows and restart/reload VSCode
  4. Click the Source Control icon on the left toolbar, select Clone Repository and Clone from GitHub (or enter directly https://github.com/zapek/Xeres in the URL bar)
  5. Open the project
  6. Click Yes, I trust the authors, unless you don't trust us ;-)
  7. Install the recommended Extension Pack for Java (it asks automatically)
  8. Install a JDK of the required Java version
  9. Restart VSCode
  10. Wait for the build to complete
  11. On the left panel, select the little elephant (Gradle), then the Xeres/Tasks/application/bootRun and click the play button

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