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on your command line run

npx create-esp32-app

1. You will need to havenode installed.

2. The esp-idf must be set up. you can follow the instructions in my course (free of charge) on theSetting up Your Environment module or follow theofficial documentation

3. this template is forvscode which will need to be installed

4. In VSCODE add thec++ extension

5. ensure tour ESP32 is plugged in and that a COM PORT is established (You may need a driver for your ESP32 dev board)

1. in any directory run

npx create-esp32-app

2. you will be prompted for the name of your project.
3. you will be prompted for the IDF path. select or navigate to the location of the IDF path
4. you will be prompted for the IDF-tools path. select or navigate to the location of the IDF-tools path
5. navigate to the directory of the project name you created

cd <project name>

4. open the project in vscodecode .

intellisense should just work so long as you have set up the paths correctly. If you have trouble double check your idf and tools paths and correct them in the/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json file

1. in vs code, open a new terminal by pressing ctrl + ` (or pressing F1 and typingopen new terminal)
2. type the following command

idf.py -p [your com port] flash monitor