Install vscode on OSX via brew

| updated to latest brew version (thanks: @eloisetaylor5693 )

Already have brew, then go

$ brew install --cask visual-studio-code

If doesn't have brew before, run this first

$ /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Success ? check version and run :D

$ code --version 
$ code {your-project-folder}

Comments

[eloisetaylor5693]

Following the brew instructions noted in your post, I ran this brew cask install visual-studio-code, but got an error: Error: Unknown command: cask

After removing cask it worked

[eloisetaylor5693]

seems like newer version of homebrew uses --cask instead, so now looks like this:

brew install --cask visual-studio-code

[Teerasak Vichadee]

Thanks mate, I'll update my post too!

[Timo Körner]

Why I need --cask? I installed without the flag and it works.

[Xander]

Cask offers a way to manage the installation of graphical applications.

Brew without the --cask would install headless versions of those applications(like Docker for example) or would install the commandline version of it. It could also mean it install the application, but keeps it in the homebrew installation folder.

Installing all your applications through --cask allow you to better manage your system using homebrew only.

Homebrew offers the brew bundle dump command, which dumps all the things you installed on your machine through homebrew. It would create a file in your home directory called Brewfile, which you can use to easy recover your software using brew bundle install.