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The following procedure shows how to connect to an IBM i (AS400) server and explore it using the Visual Studio Code Integrated Development Environment. ========== 1. INSTALLATION 1.1. Download and install the Visual Studio Code IDE. https://code.visualstudio.com/ 2. PREPARATION 2.1. On the VS Code menu, go to [ Go -> Go to File... ] or press Ctrl+P, and input the command below to install the "Code for IBM i" extension. ext install HalcyonTechLtd.code-for-ibmi 2.2. On the left sidebar, click on the IBM i icon to show the IBM i Servers panel and click on the plus "+" sign at the top to create a connection. 2.3. On the Login tab, input the following IBM i server details and click [ Connect ]. Connection Name: (just a placeholder name for easy identification) Host or IP Address: (network address of IBM i server)   SSH Port: 22 (usually) Username: (username on IBM i server) Password: (password on IBM i server) 3. UTILIZATION 3.1. User Library List Libraries are requir...

The following procedure shows how to build ESP32 microcontroller projects with the Visual Studio Code Integrated Development Environment on Debian-based Linux distributions. ========== 1. INSTALLATION 1.1. Install Espressif's IoT Development Framework for ESP32 with the RTOS SDK. https://www.sysadsim.com/2022/09/using-esp-idf-on-linux.html 1.2. Download and install the Visual Studio Code IDE. https://code.visualstudio.com/ 2. PREPARATION 2.1. On the VS Code menu, go to [ File -> Open Folder... ] and open the target ESP32 project folder. Example: ~/esp/esp-idf/examples/get-started/hello_world 2.2. On its bottom panel, click on the Terminal tab. This will automatically change to the location of the opened folder. 2.3. Temporarily add the ESP-IDF toolchain to the shell path. user@host: $ . ~/esp/esp-idf/export.sh or user@host: $ source ~/esp/esp-idf/export.sh 2.4. Verify if the toolchain has been added to the shell path. user@host: $ echo $PATH 3. UTILIZATION 3.1. Maximize the bott...

The following procedure shows how to build ESP8266 microcontroller projects with the Visual Studio Code Integrated Development Environment on Debian-based Linux distributions. ========== 1. INSTALLATION 1.1. Install Espressif's IoT Development Framework for ESP8266 with the RTOS SDK. https://www.sysadsim.com/2022/09/using-esp8266-rtos-sdk-on-linux.html 1.2. Download and install the Visual Studio Code IDE. https://code.visualstudio.com/ 2. PREPARATION 2.1. On the VS Code menu, go to [ File -> Open Folder... ] and open the target ESP8266 project folder. Example: ~/esp/ESP8266_RTOS_SDK/examples/get-started/hello_world 2.2. On its bottom panel, click on the Terminal tab. This will automatically change to the location of the opened folder. 2.3. Temporarily add the ESP8266 IDF toolchain to the shell path. user@host: $ . ~/esp/ESP8266_RTOS_SDK/export.sh or user@host: $ source ~/esp/ESP8266_RTOS_SDK/export.sh 2.4. Verify if the toolchain has been added to the shell path. user@host:...