How to easily install ESP-IDF and configure Visual Studio Code to develop and debug ESP32 applications directly from inside of it. This is the easiest and best method to work with ESP-IDF.

I will also show you 3 of my favourite Visual Studio Code extensions to make your life easy while programming.

This video is part of my upcoming "ESP32 How-to" video series, which will teach you how to program using Espressif's ESP-IDF.

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❗❗❗ UPDATE / FIX ❗❗❗

▶ Visual Studio Code is not accepting the IDF Terminal configuration inside the workspace anymore.
▶ Here is a video link with the fix:    • QUICK FIX for IDF Terminal inside VS ...  

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*** LINKS From the Video ***

Download ESP-IDF from this link: https://bit.ly/3mlKrRP

Download Visual Studio Code from this link: https://code.visualstudio.com/

** Timestamps **

00:00 Introduction
00:30 Installing ESP-IDF
01:25 Building an example
02:05 Installing VS Code
02:24 Configuring VS Code for IDF
05:13 Building the application
05:48 Monitoring the Device
06:15 My 3 Favourite Extensions
09:28 Conclusion