(MacTex/MiKTeX + VSCode + LaTeX Workshop)
All you need are MacTeX/MiKTeX and LaTex Workshop Extension.
Installation 1. Install local LaTeX environment macOS
Install MacTeX, you can refer to this link, or if you are a homebrew (highly recommended) user, you can simply use brew install mactex to finish this.
Windows / Linux
Refer to miktex.
2. Install LaTeX Workshop VS Code extension. Configure the LaTeX Workshop. In fact this extension is out-of-box, but if you want better experience, you can add following code in settings.json ( press command / ctrl + shift + P then type “open” to search for “Preference: Open User Settings (JSON)” Configuration JSON Configuration for LaTeX Workshop
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