VS Code: one liner to install on a Windows system
This is just a quick post on how to quickly download and install VS Code for an x64 Windows system.
# One liner to install VS Code to Windows System
$ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'; $Path = $env:TEMP; $Installer = "vscode_installer.exe"; $installerArgs = "/silent /mergetasks=!runcode,addcontextmenufiles,addcontextmenufolders,associatewithfiles,addtopath"; Invoke-WebRequest "https://code.visualstudio.com/sha/download?build=stable&os=win32-x64" -OutFile "$Path\$Installer"; Start-Process -FilePath "$Path\$Installer" -Args $installerArgs -Verb RunAs -Wait; Remove-Item "$Path\$Installer"Here’s some background on how I obtained the URL, which was hidden away, somewhat.
Using the official page to download VS Code, it provides links to the various installers, but it doesn’t allow you use the links directly from the page to use in a script.
In order to get it, I used the dev tools from within Edge (works the same in Chrome). I pressed F12 from within the browser session, and moved to the Network tab. I clicked on the link and it allowed me to inspect what was going on with the network.
With a little trial and error, I could determine which URL would work. Check out the animation below to see the flow.
* Updated so that VS Code does not auto open. Ref: https://gist.github.com/EmmanuelTsouris/00bcaa9a3787a6451af5567f74b4e1c6