How do you show the console log in Visual Studio Code with JavaScript?

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#1

I am just starting out on learning JavaScript and I made flashcards for the lessons that I have previously done. I wanted to open Visual Studio code and test myself. However unlike Codeacademys online terminal I can’t seem to figure out how to get console.log() to show up anywhere.

All I want to do is make sure that the code I am typing in is working correctly. I don’t want too be stuck using the Online terminal that CodeAcademy has for the lessons but I am frustrated beyond belief right now as I don’t know what to do. I am beginner so it is probably something simple but I can’t for the life of me figure it out.

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#2

Make sure you have node installed. Enable view of the Terminal and Debug Console (go to the View menu and select Terminal). You can press F5 for Debugging or Ctrl-F5 for Run without debugging. When you get a menu asking for environment, select Node.js. You should see output in the Debug Console.

Or you can type in the terminal window inside of VS Code (for example: node helloworld.js). Then you would get output in the Terminal window.

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#3

Thank you! This helped quite a bit!

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